Is There Life Out There? NASA Discovers 3 Potentially Habitable New Planets!

NASA's Kepler Mission
Kepler is a space observatory launched in 2009 whose mission is to find Earth-like planets orbiting other stars in the universe. The Kepler mission has found planets around two stars that are designated Kepler-62 and Kepler-69.

Kepler-62
Five planets have been discovered around Kepler 62, which is located about 1200 light years away. Two of the five are at a distance from the star where surface water could potentially exist, which is considered to be necessary for the existence of life. These two planets have been called Kepler-62e and Kepler-62f.

Kepler-69
Two planets have been discovered around Kepler-69 which is about 2700 light years away. One of these planets, Kepler-69c has the potential to be habitable. Researchers have called the discovery of Kepler-69c “a progressive step on the road to detecting the first truly Earth-like planet orbiting a star like our Sun.”

NASA scientist John Grunsfeld stated that "The discovery of these rocky planets in the habitable zone brings us a bit closer to finding a place like home. It is only a matter of time before we know if the galaxy is home to a multitude of planets like Earth, or if we are a rarity."