Another Earth?

NASA could reveal news about a new planet capable of supporting life.

20:24 22 July 2015

NASA is set to make an announcement about the discovery of another planet that could sustain life. The new discovery was made by the Kepler Space Telescope, which was launched in 2009 to locate exoplanets. The spacecraft was also used to take first ever pictures of Pluto and in scouring Mars for skeletons and pyramids.

 

NASA has put out a statement saying that it will hold a press release to reveal: "new discoveries made by its planet-hunting mission, the Kepler Space Telescope".

 

"Exoplanets, especially small Earth-size worlds, belonged within the realm of science fiction just 21 years ago," a spokesperson for NASA said.

 

"Today, and thousands of discoveries later, astronomers are on the cusp of finding something people have dreamed about for thousands of years -- another Earth."

 

The Kepler Spacecraft has discovered 1,028 planets since its launched; 22 of them are believed to have conditions suited to life.