A few days ago NASA's Keplar mission verified the discovery of a planet just like Earth named Keplar-10b. The reason this is such a great breakthrough is because it is the smallest planet found outside of our solar system. Keplar-10b measures 1.4 times the size of Earth. This planet is not made up of ice or gas like Jupiter or Neptune. Just like Earth, Keplar-10b is made up of rock. This planet NASA discovered is hotter than lava because it is only a few million miles away from its sun. Based on this fact, this planet does not have any type of life form. Finding a planet this small took a lot of work, but it also means that Keplar has the ability to find more planets even smaller than Keplar-10b.
This article interested me because it shows how our planet has gotten so far over these years. We will still progress each and every year and learn new things about our planet. These new things we learn each year will help us advance in many different subjects such as technology.
Sources:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2041683,00.html
http://kepler.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=94
Picture:
http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2011/1101/kepler_10b_0110.jpg
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