Found! Oldest Known Alien Planet That Might Support Life

Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 18:20 in Astronomy & Space

The newfound exoplanet candidate Kapteyn b, which lies just 13 light-years away, is about 11.5 billion years old, scientists say. That makes it 2.5 times older than Earth, and just 2 billion years or so younger than the universe itself.

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