Astronomers discovered another Earth-sized planet, did you know?

Image credit unsplash & tenor.com Did you know that astronomers discovered another Earth-sized planet just 72 light-years away.

[{"selector":"#anim-5126226e-f27d-42c4-b114-0328e5a9eda3 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com A team of astronomers has discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet that is said to be likely to have an atmosphere.

[{"selector":"#anim-6388242c-bed4-4ef6-a193-80291c6b28d7 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-22.6155710078573%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com The planet is being called K2-415b and is orbiting an M dwarf star.........

[{"selector":"#anim-f3ae3fbd-6685-4827-8107-111d36c20775 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(21.874999829338595%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com The distance of this planet from Earth is only 72 light years and life is possible here.

[{"selector":"#anim-f58a0281-0b09-44f6-80ae-845f070b1c47 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(0%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com Astronomers discovered the planet while analyzing data from the Kepler telescope.

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[{"selector":"#anim-4c159422-67ad-4963-b8d0-5029252e51ba [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com The planet takes only four days to make one rotation and the planet is likely to have an atmosphere.

[{"selector":"#anim-7ceac572-ac25-486d-ba8c-3e3502665235 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(28.631591667212327%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com For the first time, the world's largest telescope in space, the James Webb Telescope, has discovered a planet (exoplanet)

[{"selector":"#anim-db98762c-b268-46fb-8291-d39b9bd5189e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate(-13.409090767440375%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com outside our solar system, which is almost like Earth. This planet named LHS 475b is similar to our Earth and its diameter is 99 percent of the diameter of the Earth.

[{"selector":"#anim-aeb64a2f-93b7-4248-85f2-9066b6561159 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-23.840762992662174%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":6000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] Image credit unsplash & tenor.com Right now it is difficult to say how likely life is to exist on a planet like Earth.