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    Do you know the Miller’s planet? It is a planet that is shown in the movie “Interstellar.

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    What if I say it exist! 635 light-years from where you are sitting, way out in outer space,
    lies a planet. The first planet to be discovered inside the habitable zone of a Sun-like
    star. Its name is Kepler 22-b. When a planet is located within a star’s habitable zone, it
    means that there is a chance that liquid water exists on its surface. And where there’s
    water, there is also the possibility of life.

    Kepler 22-b is an exoplanet. Exoplanet means a planet that is outside of our Solar
    system. To find an exoplanet you need an incredibly special telescope, and you need to
    be very skilful. To spot an exoplanet is often not easy. How did the scientist find Kepler
    22-b? They used a method called the transit method. They watched Kepler 22-b’s star
    and notice from a distance that one planet was changing its brightness over time.

    What are the characteristics of Kepler 22-b? The mass of this exoplanet is 36 times that
    of Earth with a radius 2.5 times larger than our world. This shows that Kepler 22-b is
    such a big planet. 1 year in this planet is 290 days and if you stayed in this planet for 1
    hour, it is equivalent to 7 years on Earth. This is due to the distance from our Earth to
    Kepler 22-b. Its simple physics. Another fascinating information about this exoplanet, it
    is 15% closer to its star than we are to our Sun. If Earth was that close to the Sun, we
    might get fried.

    Despite it being close to its star, it still gets the same amount of sunlight as we get. This
    is because the size of their star is a bit smaller and colder compared to our Sun. The
    average temperature of Kepler 22-b could be around 15 to 22°C. This temperature is like
    Earth’s spring weather. Some studies shows that Kepler 22-b is rotating on its side like
    our very own Uranus. This means that its north and south pole are covered in either
    sunlight or darkness. This might be extremely dangerous for humans because it can
    change the temperature from boiling to freezing easily. But no need to worry, studies
    shows that this exoplanet might be covered in an ocean 50m deep. The ocean can
    function as a natural climate control.

    Can we travel to the Kepler 22-b? Is it possible for humans to reach alive? Even if you
    are travelling at the speed of light, it would take you about 635 years to reach there. The
    only way for humans to reach Kepler 220b alive is to hibernate through the journey
    inside a device that preserves our body, like a cryogenic sleep, like the device that is
    used in the movie “Passengers”. A good for you, NASA has already developed a
    cryogenic sleep chamber that can lower a human body temperature to as low as 32°C.
    This can trigger natural hibernation. Even if humans get in the hibernation pod or
    cryogenic sleep chamber, it will still have a low possibility to reach there safely. It is a
    very risky trip.

    Kepler 22-b is an incredibly unique planet that has been found by the scientist. There
    are some possibilities for us humans to live on that exoplanet, but it would take us
    century to achieve that technology. Even if we reach Kepler 22-b, we still do not know
    what lies there, what is the gravity is like and what dangers it brings. That is some stuff
    about which we should worry. In the meantime, let us just enjoy our planet try to learn
    more about our world.

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