Scientists Discovered Planets Even Better for Life Than Earth
0Out of all the planets in the Universe, Earth is clearly the best for life, right? Wrong. Earth may be great, but scientists have discovered a few worlds that could be even better for life. Behold, KOI 5715.01. Most of the contenders on our superhabitable planet list aren't the ones you could visit anytime soon. The top spot is held by one 3,000 light-years away from our Solar System. It exists in the Goldilocks zone of its star. So conditions wouldn’t be too hot or too cold for a key life-supporting ingredient to exist on its surface. Liquid water.
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00:00 Scientists Discovered Planets Even Better for Life Than Earth
00:28 KOI 5715.01
02:36 Thanks Better Internet!
03:34 Kepler-69 c
04:31 Kepler-1126 b
05:31 SPECULOOS 2c
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