Interesting. This planet orbits an orange dwarf which is much more stable than Sol, so it could have had longer to develop life. And this orange dwarf is pretty bright, so it's going to be easier for us to analyse the data from it. We've only seen it transit in front of its star once so far, and it was picked up as a planet by volunteers combing through Kepler's data. Once we get some new telescopes up in space in a few years, we can keep an eye on it and see what its atmosphere is made of. If it has enough CO2, then it'll probably be the right temperature for liquid water and life.
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