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    A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope

    January 30, 2026, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Artist’s concept of exoplanet candidate HD 137010 b, dubbed a “cold Earth” because it’s a possible rocky planet slightly larger than Earth, orbiting a Sun-like star about 146 light-years away.
    NASA/JPL-Caltech/Keith Miller (Caltech/IPAC)

    Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals the latest: a possible rocky planet slightly larger than Earth, orbiting a sun-like star about 146 light-years away. The candidate planet, HD 137010b, might be remarkably similar to Earth, but it has one potentially big difference: It could be colder than perpetually frozen Mars.

    A promising Earth-sized exoplanet emerges
    An international science team published a paper on the discovery, “A Cool Earth-sized ...

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