2 Earth-Like Planets Found in Part of Universe Where Life Could Survive

An image of Saturn's haze-shrouded moon, Titan, taken by the Cassini spacecraft. NASA

A team of international scientists led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) has discovered two earth-like planets orbiting a red dwarf star that lies within the habitability zone of the star.

The newly discovered planets, GJ 1002b and GJ 1002c, are orbiting the star GJ 1002 which is located less than 16 light years from the solar system. Both planets have masses similar to Earth. While the GJ 1002b takes a bit more than 10 days to orbit the star, GJ 1002c takes double the time at more than 21 days.