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NASA researchers have discovered a “Super Earth” in our Milky Way galaxy that is within its host star’s habitable zone and may contain water on its surface‚ which could indicate the presence of life. TOI-715 b‚ which the scientists discovered using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)‚ lies 137 light years from Earth‚ and is estimated to be one and a half times as wide as Earth. Although it rests much closer to its star than the Earth to the Sun and orbits it every 19 days (as opposed to the Earth’s 365-day orbit) the star is a red dwarf‚ far cooler than our Sun‚ thus permitting the planet the possibility of life. “These planets make far closer orbits than those around stars like our Sun‚ but because red dwarfs are smaller and cooler‚ the planets can crowd closer and still be safely within the star’s habitable zone‚” NASA stated. “The tighter orbits also mean those that cross the faces of their stars – that is‚ when viewed by our space telescopes – cross far more often.” “The same system also might harbor a second‚ Earth-sized planet‚” NASA continued. “If the possible second‚ Earth-sized planet in the system also is confirmed‚ it would become the smallest habitable-zone planet discovered by TESS so far.” NASA is hoping the James Webb Telescope might examine the planet to determine if it contains an atmosphere. “Much will depend on the planet’s other properties‚ including how massive it is and whether it can be classed as a ‘water world’ – making its atmosphere‚ if present‚ more prominent and far less difficult to detect than that of a more massive‚ denser and drier world‚ likely to hold its lower-profile atmosphere closer to the surface‚” NASA states. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The paper announcing the discovery‚ “A 1.55 R⊕ habitable-zone planet hosted by TOI-715‚ an M4 star near the ecliptic South Pole‚” was published in the journal‚ “Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.” The Gemini-South‚ Las Cumbres Observatory telescopes‚ the ExTrA telescopes‚ the SPECULOOS network‚ and the TRAPPIST-south telescope aided the confirmation of the discovery.

A historian with a perfect record of predicting the results of American presidential elections for 40 years stated that despite the polls‚ President Biden still has a lead over former President Trump — but cautioned he won’t make a prediction until August. American University professor Allan Lichtman‚ who has infallibly predicted every election since 1984‚ created along with Russian mathematical geophysicist Vladimir Keilis-Borok a prediction model of 13 keys which they published in a 1981 paper‚ later expanding the number of keys to 13. Lichtman then published his book “The Keys to the White House‚” later reissued as “Predicting the Next President: The Keys To The White House.” “A lot of things would have to go wrong [for the election keys] to go against Biden‚” Lichtman told Market Watch. “But they could. I am very careful in not making a prediction.” He said that Biden currently leads Trump in five of the keys‚ while Trump leads in three‚ with the rest undecided. The 13 keys include: Midterm gains: After the midterm elections‚ the incumbent party holds more seats in House than after the previous midterm elections. No primary contest: There is no serious contest for the incumbent party nomination. Incumbent seeking re-election: The incumbent party candidate is the sitting president. No third party: There is no significant third party or independent campaign. Strong short-term economy: The economy is not in recession during the election campaign. Strong long-term economy: Real per capita economic growth during the term equals or exceeds mean growth during the previous two terms. Major policy change: The incumbent administration effects major changes in national policy. No social unrest: There is no sustained social unrest during the term. No scandal: The incumbent administration is untainted by major scandal. No foreign/military failure: The incumbent administration suffers no major failure in foreign or military affairs. Major foreign/military success: The incumbent administration achieves a major success in foreign or military affairs. Charismatic incumbent: The incumbent party candidate is charismatic or a national hero. Uncharismatic challenger: The challenging party candidate is not charismatic or a national hero. Lichtman said Biden led Trump in key# 2‚ as Biden has not faced a serious challenger in his own party; key #3‚ as he is the incumbent; key #6‚ claiming the long-term economic trend is headed upward; key # 7‚ that Biden has made major changes‚ and #13‚ explaining that a challenger should have broadly bipartisan support or be a national hero in the way former President Dwight Eisenhower was after World war II. Trump leads in keys 1‚ 11‚ and 12‚ Lichtman opined‚ pointing out (#1) that the Democrats do not hold more seats in House than after the previous midterm elections; (#11) Biden has not had a major foreign policy win‚ and (#12) Biden is neither charismatic nor a national hero. Key #9 would depend on the American people feeling that the Biden administration is tainted by a major scandal. Lichtman argued that the Trump campaign has not been able to convince the general public‚ not just Republicans‚ of a major scandal involving the Biden administration. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “Here is the secret to being a successful forecaster‚” Lichtman said. “The most important thing is keeping your own personal views out of it. I’ve called about as many Republican wins and Democratic wins. In 2016 I was virtually alone in predicting a win for Donald Trump.”