A team of Nasa astronomers that made the discovery using the Kepler space telescope revealed the findings at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society in San Diego, California. At 4.4 billion years old, Kepler-1647 b is roughly the same age as the Earth. However, Kepler-1647 b is gaseous like Jupiter, making the possibility life could exist there unlikely. Photo: AFP/San Diego State University/ Lynette CookWashington: Astronomers have discovered the largest planet outside our solar system orbiting two stars, at a distance that would make it potentially habitable for people, scientists announced on Monday. The gaseous planet — dubbed Kepler-1647 b — is the size of Jupiter and has a wide orbit, revolving around its two stars in 1,107 days, or around three years.

Source: Mint June 14, 2016 09:00 UTC