Thursday, April 17, 2014

Earth-sized planet found orbiting in a habitable zone

Kepler-186f is a 'tip-of-the-iceberg discovery' that suggests there could be many other planets beyond our solar system potentially friendly to life, astronomers say.



Sifting through observations from more than 100,000 distant stars, astronomers say they have discovered the first definitive Earth-sized planet that orbits in a habitable zone where water could exist in liquid form — a necessary condition for life as we know it.



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/1hRZgrH

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