Exciting news came out today that astronomers from the European Southern Observatory discovered an extrasolar planet that orbits within the habitable zone of its sun. The habitable zone of a star system is the area around a star in which liquid water can exist on the surface of a planet. This new-found planet is significant because all other planets found in extrasolar systems are not capable of supporting liquid water or maintaining mild temperatures.
Article at Space.com:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070424_hab_exoplanet.html
As the search for other Earths continues, humanity comes closer to determining whether or not it is alone in the universe.
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