Right now, 500 light years away from Earth, there's a planet that looks a lot like our own. It is bathed in dim orangeish light, which at high noon is only as bright as the golden hour before sunset back home. NASA scientists are calling the planet Kepler-186f, and it's unlike anything they've found.
This Is Big: Scientists Just Found Earth's First Cousin
Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic
Thu, 04/17/2014 - 12:43pm
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