Kepler-22b

"This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. It is the first planet that NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed to orbit in a star's habitable zone -- the region around a star where liquid water, a requirement for life on Earth, could persist."<br><br><b>View more:</b> <a class="emailLink" href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/multimedia/images/index.html" target="new">Kepler spacecraft images at NASA.gov &raquo;</a>

( NASA / May 7, 2012 )

"This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star. It is the first planet that NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed to orbit in a star's habitable zone -- the region around a star where liquid water, a requirement for life on Earth, could persist."

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