First Earth-Sized Planet Detected Is Lifeless

Credit: NASA/Kepler Mission/Dana Berry
NASA’s Kepler orbiting observatory has located its first Earth-like planet beyond the Solar System, but the planet is so hot that it streams flecks of silicon and iron into space like a comet’s tail. Designated Kepler-10b, the planet is 1.4 times the size of Earth but orbits its star, called Kepler...

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