By Celsias
Scientists say they have found the most Earth-like planet ever discovered - circling a star 600 light years away.So if you could travel at the speed of light then its a mere 600 years travel away .Time for lots of movies!
It is among 500 planets found to orbit stars beyond our solar system - and the smallest and the best-positioned to have liquid water on its surface.But how cool is it ! Not a catchy name, only taking the name of the telescope that found it.
Kepler-22b could prove a key to the ongoing quest to learn if life exists beyond Earth.
San Jose State University astronomer Natalie Batalha, of Nasa's Kepler Space Telescope which made the discovery, said: "We are homing in on the true Earth-sized, habitable planets."
