Discovered planet similar to Earth

Discovery of a twin planet to Earth , of a similar size , 500 light years, and could have liquid water.

A group of astronomers from NASA, with the help of the telescope Kepler, has discovered the first exoplanet with characteristics very similar to Earth. It is part of a solar system with five planets, and is in the habitable zone of the same , ie it may contain water. Unlike the solar system, the planets here are all of a similar size between them, so that will probably be rocky , not a gas giant like Jupiter or Saturn .

He has been called Kepler- 186f , and orbits its star , which is a smaller and cooler than the sun white dwarf.

The Kepler space telescope was launched in 2009 and has already discovered many different planets that could hold water , all of them larger , which are easier to detect. But this is the most similar to Earth , especially in size, so that the chances of containing water are great. Therefore , life , there also is likely to develop.