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(12-05) 12:03 PST MOUNTAIN VIEW -- NASA researchershave found the first new planet that bears an uncanny resemblance toEarth, with balmy 72-degree temperatures and, possibly, water.
The planet sits in the so-called "Goldilocks zone" where the planetcould support life and is neither too close nor too far from a sun,researchers said.
"This is major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," said Douglas Hudgins, a NASA scientist.
Kepler-22b is 600 light-years away and has a radius abouttwo-and-a-half times the size of Earth, researchers said. It takes 290days to orbit around its sun, which is slightly smaller and cooler thanours.
Researchers first spotted the planet in 2009, and have spent thelast two years confirming that it orbits a sun and sits in a "habitablezone" that could likely support liquid water and, possibly,extraterrestrial life.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/05/BA511M8I5O.DTL#ixzz1fj9ZFXza
My bags are packed.
(12-05) 12:03 PST MOUNTAIN VIEW -- NASA researchershave found the first new planet that bears an uncanny resemblance toEarth, with balmy 72-degree temperatures and, possibly, water.
The planet sits in the so-called "Goldilocks zone" where the planetcould support life and is neither too close nor too far from a sun,researchers said.
"This is major milestone on the road to finding Earth's twin," said Douglas Hudgins, a NASA scientist.
Kepler-22b is 600 light-years away and has a radius abouttwo-and-a-half times the size of Earth, researchers said. It takes 290days to orbit around its sun, which is slightly smaller and cooler thanours.
Researchers first spotted the planet in 2009, and have spent thelast two years confirming that it orbits a sun and sits in a "habitablezone" that could likely support liquid water and, possibly,extraterrestrial life.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/05/BA511M8I5O.DTL#ixzz1fj9ZFXza
