Kepler-186f1:

♤ It is the newest earth size planet discovered by astronomers at NASA.

♤ It is special because it is located in habitable zone. Habitable zone is defined as the range of the distance from the star where liquid water can be found. This is generally considered as primary qualifying criteria for a planet to host life as we know.

♤ This discovery proves that earth sized planets do exist in habitable zone of other stars.These planets are theoretically supposed to be most probable to have life.