First near-Earth-size planet in “habitable zone” around sun-like star confirmed by NASA

[daneel]

@xeni

The Kepler-452 system is located 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus

@xeni

"It’s awe-inspiring to consider that this planet has spent 6 billion years in the habitable zone of its star; longer than Earth. That’s substantial opportunity for life to arise, should all the necessary ingredients and conditions for life exist on this planet.”

Badass Dragons of the Wasteland - Round Nine

[image] “So, is… uh… anyone gonna go?” “The physical condition of the Mechanic known as Clankenstein is serious, but relatively stable. His consciousness has been, in the purest geometrical sense, “elevated”… that is, straight up, in the direction of the Cygnus X-1 anomaly in the constellation of Cygnus, slightly to the left of Eta Cygni in this map:” [image] “Clankenstein’s life depends upon bringing his consciousness back to his mortal frame, as the increasingly tenuous connection bet…