They've Discovered Caprica!

Dec 05, 2011 14:08

Astronomers on Monday reported the discovery of an Earth-like planet outside the solar system whose size and distance from its own star put it in the "habitable" zone and make for a surface temperature perhaps averaging a balmy 72 degrees...

The planet, Kepler 22b, about 2.4 times wider than Earth, circles a star about 600 light years away...

"It is right smack in the middle of the habitable zone,"... Kepler 22b "is the smallest, most nearly Earth-size, planet ever found in the lukewarm zone around another sun where life could thrive."...

Via USA Today

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