Astronomers swoon over new planet find

[Pi2plank]

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Could 'Goldilocks' planet be just right for life? - Yahoo! News


'.. WASHINGTON – Astronomers say they have for the first time spotted a planet beyond our own in what is sometimes called the Goldilocks zone for life: Not too hot, not too cold. Juuuust right.

But there are still many unanswered questions about this strange planet. It is about three times the mass of Earth, slightly larger in width and much closer to its star — 14 million miles away versus 93 million. It's so close to its version of the sun that it orbits every 37 days. And it doesn't rotate much, so one side is almost always bright, the other dark.

Temperatures can be as hot as 160 degrees or as frigid as 25 degrees below zero, but in between — in the land of constant sunrise — it would be "shirt-sleeve weather," said co-discoverer Steven Vogt of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

It's unknown whether water actually exists on the planet, and what kind of atmosphere it has. But because conditions are ideal for liquid water, and because there always seems to be life on Earth where there is water, Vogt believes "that chances for life on this planet are 100 percent."

The astronomers' findings are being published in Astrophysical Journal and were announced by the National Science Foundation on Wednesday. ..'

[curlymobb]

woah ka cool gud ani nga findings and at the same time scary!!! cool coz we have added knowledge about life on other planets but at the same time scary coz the thought of aliens is freaky! what if they are the warring, enslaving type of race... hehehe... too much sci-fi movies!!! hahaha

[kenites]

I'm quite excited about this find..

[okimura]

the question is do humans will survive on that planet?

[stew_griff]

nice artist depiction of the planet, mura jd ug earth

[cromagnon]

thnx for the info....


however its 120 trillion miles away, .... unsaon nlng ,,,,,,, di jud ta ka anhi ani .....


unless mag cryogenecs ta ,,, frozen ta for millions of years sad ,,,,

------- unless we go through worm holes..

[splendid moonlight]

Good lookin' planet.

[pinoy_09]

good luck getting there.... it takes 20 long years to get there even with the speed of light...

[moklo]

ANg problema nasad unsaon pag adto ani... kalayo ba

Hmmm,.. kuyawa ani oi, basin ug result ra sad ni ang earth sa sige ug pangita sauna. unya karon nangita nasad ta ug lain.

Maka hunahuna sad ko nga naa pa diay una nga planet before sa earth nga gipuy-an guihapon ug tao. Unsa na kaha ang nawong sa planet sauna no... Hehhehe

[gshukaku]

basin katong mga alien sa avatar nagpuyo diri..hehheeh