Real Star Wars: Earth-Like Exoplanet Orbitting Two Stars Could Support Life

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A new study claims to have found an exoplanet which is habitable just like the earth. The exoplanet is said to be illuminated by a pair of stars alike the sun. It has been found based on a model designed on the basis of a binary solar system called the Kepler 35.


According to United Press International, during the research, scientists introduced a small earth-sized exoplanet in place of Kepler 35b, the sole planet in the Kepler 35 solar system. The model helped the scientists in understanding how a rocky planet's atmosphere is affected while orbiting a pair of stars like the Kepler A and B.


Researchers came to determine that the earth-sized exoplanet in the Kepler 35 binary solar system will comprise of only a small amount of water vapor. This will result in the planet's temperature to swing wildly each year, changes as much as up to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit on an average.




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That article (and the UPI one) are complete misrepresentations of what the study actually said.  From the Science Times article:

According to United Press International, during the research, scientists introduced a small earth-sized exoplanet in place of Kepler 35b, the sole planet in the Kepler 35 solar system. The model helped the scientists in understanding how a rocky planet's atmosphere is affected while orbiting a pair of stars like the Kepler A and B.

Researchers came to determine that the earth-sized exoplanet in the Kepler 35 binary solar system will comprise of only a small amount of water vapor. This will result in the planet's temperature to swing wildly each year, changes as much as up to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit on an average.

According to Mail Online, the study showed that the earth-sized exoplanet, if planted in the right place in a habitable zone, can capture its water content for a long time. This can, as per the researchers, help the planet in supporting life. This also indicates that almost all the two star planetary systems can be deemed suitable to host habitable planets, say the experts.

"Scientists introduced"?  That means that they substituted an earth-sized planet into their models instead of what was actually found (Kepler 35b).  It still didn't become habitable.  Then they decided to move their speculative planet elsewhere in the habitable zone, and found that their model predicted that it could hold water for long periods.  Nothing here remotely said that they discovered a habitable earth-like planet.