Earth’s ‘larger, gassy twin found’

Earth’s gassy twin has been discovered in another solar system 200 light years away.

Earth’s ‘larger, gassy twin found’

The planet, known as KOI-314c, weighs the same as the Earth but is 60% larger, leading scientists to suspect it has a thick gaseous atmosphere.

It orbits a dim red dwarf star at such a close distance that temperatures on its surface could be as high as 104C — too hot for most forms of life on Earth.

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