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8 Planets That Can Sustain Human Life
Stay tuned for the 8 planets that can sustain human life ! Watch Our Playlist: Exoplanets, Potentially Super Earths, New Earths! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLH7-mFsDLC9Ebfaj0RrxhbI52QIOzTaLj Recent Space Discoveries: Earth like Planets, Exoplanets, Super Earths, New Earths, Planets That Could Sustain Human Life. 8. KOI 7711.01 In total, there are 4,496 planets that the Kepler space telescope has predicted exist, with more than half being confirmed planets. Of those planets, 30 of them are sized similarly to the Earth and are in the habitable zone next to their star. That's great news for future travelers looking to flee Earth to somewhere new. One of these potential planets that could sustain human life is known as KOI 7711.01. Added to the confirmed planet list in 2017, this spectacular place might be the planet most like Earth ever found. It's 1,700 light-years away, and orbits a star a lot like our own sun. So what's so special about KOI 7711.01? Well, it's about 30 percent larger than the Earth, and it's in the habitable zone. This means that it gets the right amount of heat to warm the planet like Earth. Plus, the solar warmth on this planet could help produce liquid water on the planet's surface. Now, don't get your spaceship ready and plot course to KOI 7711.01 just yet. There's still a lot scientists don't know about this planet yet. Although we get a similar amount of heat on Earth as we would on KOI 7711.01, we don't know whether it's really Earth's twin. Before people will ever travel there, assuming that we ever become technologically advanced enough to do so, we need to learn about the planet's atmosphere and whether there's water on the planet. And those are two really large ifs when it comes to sustaining life on another planet. 7. Kepler-186f Another planet that humans could potentially life on is Kepler-186f. This planet is incredibly special to humans, as it is the first validated Earth-sized planet that orbits a star in the habitable zone. Therefore, this planet gets enough energy from the sun from its distance away from its star, plus, it's in just the right location to potentially have water on its surface. Kepler-186f is really cool because it started things off when it came to searching for Earth-like planets. 6. Gliese 832c Back in 2014, a group of astronomers at the University of New South Wales predicted the existence of a planet they called a super-Earth. They were looking at some planetary bodies that were previously discovered near the habitable zone of Gliese 832, which was known to host an exoplanet similar to Jupiter, when they discovered Gliese 832c. Gliese 832 is a sun that's much closer than any other Earth-like planet we've discussed so far. 5. Ross 128 Last year scientists made an exciting discover when they located the planet Ross 128b. So, why was the scientific community so interested in this news? Because there are many great things that make Ross 128b a great planet for potentially sustaining life. First, there's the fact that Ross 128b is very temperate. Scientists predict that the temperature of Ross 128b is very similar to that of the Earths. That's because it orbits a red dwarf, one of the most common, coolest, and faintest types of stars in the Universe. 4. Proxima Centauri’s Proxima b The closest star to our sun is known as Proxima Centuri, and it's only 4.2 light-years, or 25 trillion miles away. Proxima Centuri's planetary system hosts Proxima Centauri b, a planet that sits in the habitable zone yet whose habitability hasn't been totally established. Although there's a chance, depending on what the atmosphere is like that Proxima Centauri b can host life, there are also some factors that suggest even if it was possible, we humans probably wouldn't want to be there. F 3. Kepler 62-f Nearly 1200 light years away in the constellation of Lyra is the star Kepler-62 and the planet Kepler-62f. Kepler-62f is a super-Earth exoplanet that orbits the outer area of the habitable zone. There's a good chance that it's a rocky or ocean-covered planet, making it a great, but far away contender for a planet that can sustain human life. 2. KOI-7923.01 Imagine a planet that's very similar to the Earth. A year is roughly the same amount of time, at 395 days. Plus, the planet is 97% the size of Earth. Sounds like a great potential planet to host life, right? 1. The Trappist Planets (Trappist-1) Back in 2016, scientists discovered seven rocky planets in a planetary system, known as the Trappist planets. Three of these seven planets are located within the habitable zone and are like the size of Earth. At only 43 light years away, these were exciting discoveries because scientists had never found so many alien worlds in one planetary system.
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