Thursday, November 8, 2012

'Super-Earth' alien planet may support life
[ Thu, 8 Nov 2012 00:42:49 GMT ]

This artist’s impression shows the newfound, potentially habitable alien planet HD40307g in the foreground, with its host star and two other worlds in the six-planet system also depicted. The atmosphere and continents shown are neither detected nor constrained by the discovery team's observations.Astronomers have detected an alien planet that may be capable of supporting life as we know it — and it's just a stone's throw from Earth in the cosmic scheme of things.


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