We've just found an exoplanet almost exactly the same size as Earth orbiting a tiny star not very far away at all.
It's called K2-415b, and its similarities to our own home world might shed some light on how Earth-like planets form and evolve in different ways, in systems very different from our own.
"Being one of the lowest mass stars known to host an Earth-sized transiting planet, K2-415 will be an interesting target for further follow-up observations, including additional radial velocity monitoring and transit spectroscopy.
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