Infinite films and series of science fiction engage with the distant future, when mankind will have discovered the new Earth, a planet in another astral system that is similar to ours and has the right conditions for existence and life support. Maybe we have not yet been able to colonize the universe, but the planet may have found it!
In a recent announcement, NASA has declared its discovery Kepler-186f, of the fifth planetary planet that moves around the red dwarf Kepler-186, in a stellar system in the direction of the Swan Constellation and at a distance of 490 years of light from ours.
The new Earth has a diameter of about 10% greater than our planet and her walk around her star needs 130 earth days. Ο planet it is in the "habitable zone", a region at a suitable distance from its star to have liquid water, which could lead to the existence of life.
Οι πρώτες εκpriceσεις θέλουν τον πλανήτη να είναι βραχώδης, ωστόσο η μάζα και η πυκνότητά του δεν έχουν ακόμη αναλυθεί. Αυτό αναμένεται να αλλάξει στο προσεχές μέλλον και μετά την έναρξη λειτουργίας των νέων πανίσχυρων τηλεσκοπίων της NASA, οπότε και θα έχουμε μια πιο σαφή εικόνα!