[radarsat1]

In the habitable zone 74% of its orbit? Although it sounds great, I'm left skeptical: to support life, wouldn't that need to be 100%?

[cryptoz]

It doesn't need to be 100% if the atmosphere of the planet could keep enough heat for the remaining 26% of the time, which is entirely likely.

This find is awesome, but it's not what the headline describes. The planet is no "ExoEarth". It's a fantasticly cool exoplanet that could very probably support life that vaguely resembles life on Earth (not humans, though).

[danking00]

It looks like the planet actually slides closer in to the star, thus the issue would be keeping the environment cool enough.

[Roboprog]

Closer to a smaller, cooler star.

[danking00]

Yes, but the habital zone scales with star size, so a radial position less than the habital zone would indeed be warmer than desirable for Earth-like life.