Gallery: 3 New Exoplanets Might Have Right Temperature for Life

  • Kepler62 System
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    *The five-planet system surrounding Kepler-62, showing how far they orbit from their parent star compared to the planets in our solar system. NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech*
  • Kepler69 System
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    *The two known planets in the system around Kepler-69, showing how far they orbit from their parent star compared to the planets in our solar system. NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech*
  • Kepler62e
    NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle
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    kepler-62e

    *Artist's rendering of potential water world Kepler-62e. NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech*
  • Kepler62f
    NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle
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    kepler-62f

    *Artist's rendering of potential water world Kepler-62f. NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech*
  • Kepler69c
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    kepler-69c

    *Artist's rendering of potential water world Kepler-69c. NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech*
  • Some Fanciful Rendering
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    *A really fanciful artist's illustration of the five-planet system surrounding Kepler-62, as completely unrealistically seen from the surface of Kepler-62f. Danielle Futselaar/SETI Institute*
  • Size Comparison
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    size-comparison

    *The three newly discovered super-Earth exoplanets in comparison with our own world and the previous habitable zone record-holder, Kepler-22b. NASA/Ames/JPL-Caltech*
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