POTENTIALLY HABITABLE PLANET DETECTED AROUND NEARBY STAR
By Mike Wallwww.space.com
12-19-12
A sun-like star in our solar systems backyard may host five planets, including one perhaps capable of supporting life as we know it, a new study reports.
Astronomers have detected five possible alien planets circling the star Tau Ceti, which is less than 12 light-years from Earth - a mere stones throw in the cosmic scheme of things. One of the newfound worlds appears to orbit in Tau Cetis habitable zone, a range of distances from a star where liquid water can exist on a planets surface.
With a minimum mass just 4.3 times that of Earth, this potential planet would be the smallest yet found in the habitable zone of a sun-like star if its confirmed, researchers said....
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