French scientists have just published a paper entitled "Gliese 581d is the 1st discovered terrestrial-mass exoplanet in the habitable zone", claiming that their computer model suggests the
exoplanet "will have a stable atmosphere and surface liquid water for a wide range of plausible cases."
We've discovered a
lot of exoplanets. And there are a
lot of
sites to help you keep track.
Previously.
posted by Ipsifendus
on May 26, 2011 -
47 comments
"This planet answers an ancient question," said team leader Geoffrey Marcy, professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley. "Over 2,000 years ago, the Greek philosophers Aristotle and Epicurus argued about whether there were other Earth-like planets. Now, for the first time,
we have evidence for a rocky planet around a normal star."
The star,
Gliese 876, visible in the night sky, lies only 15 light-years away.
posted by vacapinta
on Jun 14, 2005 -
19 comments
Solar System Akin to Earth's Is Discovered Any minute now, I imagine somebody at a listening station on a smaller, bluer planet a few in from this one making a minute adjustment to their equipment and promptly spraying warm stimulant-laced beverage over their console...
posted by hob
on Jun 14, 2002 -
13 comments
Life Elsewhere? In an attempt to get away from the Chinese-American situation, scientists have recently discovered 11 new planets, with one possibly inhabiting a "Life-Zone."
posted by da5id
on Apr 5, 2001 -
9 comments
