Could 'Goldilocks' Planet Be Just Right for Life?
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › October 07, 2010
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WASHINGTON -- Astronomers say they have for the first time spotted a planet beyond our own in what is sometimes called the Goldilocks zone for life: Not too hot, not too cold. Juuuust right.
Not too far from its star, not too close. So it could contain liquid water. The planet itself is neither too big nor too small for the proper surface, gravity and atmosphere.See the full content of this document
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Could 'Goldilocks' Planet Be Just Right for Life?
It's just right. Just like Earth.
"This really is the first Goldilocks planet," said co-discoverer R. Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.The new planet sits smack in the middle of what astronomers ref...See the full content of this document
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