Kepler-442b is one of two most Earth-like exoplanets discovered to date that “could be within the ‘Goldilocks zone’ that would permit life to exist,” according to AS USA. Discovered in 2015 by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft, Kepler-442b is a likely rocky exoplanet that is 33% bigger than our planet and is estimated to be around 1100.
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