Kepler 186f - Visions of the Future NASA Size:50x70 cm This exposed rim has been

This exposed rim has been compressed into sharp ridges

taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys

probably the last one I took before taking off back to Italy

Image and description credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

The most prominent topographic feature in this view

Kepler 186f - Visions of the Future NASA Size:50x70 cm This exposed rim has beenKepler 186f is the first Earth size planet discovered in the potentially 'habitable zone' around another star, where liquid water could exist on the planet's surface. Its star is much cooler and redder than our Sun. If plant life does exist on a planet like Kepler 186f, its photosynthesis could have been influenced by the star's red wavelength photons, making for a color palette that's very different than the greens on Earth. This discovery was made