NASA's Kepler Confirms Its First Habitable Planet

In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, NASA said on Monday its Kepler space telescope has confirmed its first-ever planet in a habitable zone outside our solar system.

French astronomers earlier this year confirmed the first exoplanet to meet key requirements for sustaining life, known as Gliese 581d, but Kepler 22b, initially glimpsed in 2009, is the first the US space agency has been able to confirm.


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