Thursday, September 30, 2010

Habitable Planet in the 'Goldilocks Zone'

An artist rendering provided by Lynette Cook, National Science Foundation, shows a new planet. Astronomers have found a planet that is in the 'Goldilocks zone' - just right for life. Not too hot, not too cold. Not too far from its sun, not too close. And it is near Earth - relatively speaking, at 120 trillion miles. It also makes scientists think that these examples of habitable planets are far more common than they thought
An artist rendering provided by Lynette Cook, National Science Foundation, shows a new planet. Astronomers have found a planet that is in the "Goldilocks zone" - just right for life.

Not too hot, not too cold. Not too far from its sun, not too close and it is near Earth - relatively speaking, at 120 trillion miles.

It also makes scientists think that these examples of habitable planets are far more common than they thought

Picture: AP Photo/Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation

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