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A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope
- January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals the latest: a possible rocky planet slightly larger than Earth, orbiting a sun-like star about 146 light-years away. The candidate planet, HD 137010 b, might be remarkably similar to Earth, but it has one potentially big difference: It could be colder than perpetually frozen Mars.
Originally published at Phys.org