A 'Potentially Habitable' New Planet Has Been Found

Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable new planet that is around 146 light-years away and is actually remarkably similar to Earth with just one stark difference: it could be colder than Mars, which is perpetually frozen. 

In their continued mining of data from the now-retired Kepler Space Telescope, scientist have found a possible rocky planet that is about 6% larger than Earth and also orbits a Sun-like star.

On their website, NASA says: “Planets orbiting other stars...