Freezing Earth-Like Planet Discovered In Two-Star System 3,000 Light-Years From Earth

Astronomers have discovered a new Earth-like planet orbiting a single star in a binary star system located 3,000 light-years from Earth. The discovery is expected to help astronomers better understand how Earth-like, or even potentially habitable, planets can form and how to find them. The new planet, dubbed OGLE-2013-BLG-0341LBb, is twice the mass of Earth and it orbits its host star at almost the same distance from which Earth orbits the sun. But, the host star is a lot dimmer than the sun, wh...