Saturday, February 4, 2012

Newly Discovered Planet is Best Candidate for Alien Life

A potentially habitable alien planet has been found around a nearby star. The planet is located in the habitable zone of its host star, which is a narrow circumstellar region where temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist on the planet’s surface. According to Guillem Anglada-Escudé this planet is the new best candidate to support liquid water and, perhaps, life. The researchers estimate that the planet, called GJ 667Cc, is at least 4.5 times as massive as Earth, which makes it a so-called super-Earth.

Read more: http://forcetoknow.com/space/newly-discovered-planet-candidate-alien-life.html#ixzz1lP3EXPur

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