Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Super Earths may be superior at fostering life
[ Wed, 2 Dec 2009 00:34:34 GMT ]

The newly discovered exoplanet orbits the star Gliese 667 C, which belongs to a triple system. The six Earth-mass exoplanet circulates around its low-mass host star at a distance equal to only 1/20th of the Earth-Sun distance.A handful of planets found orbiting distant stars are more Earth-sized. This gives hope to astrobiologists, who think we are more likely to find life on rocky planets with liquid water.


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