Known Types of Alien Worlds
From Space.com, a handy guide for SF fans, writers, dreamers, science enthusiasts, educators, those of us who always wonder, "what if..."
From the article by Karl Tate: "Astronomers have discovered more than 700 alien planets beyond the solar system, and the count is rising all the time. Some are large and hot, and others are smaller and cooler, but scientists are still on the lookout for an Earth twin.
They just got closer, with the announcement Dec. 5 of a planet found by NASA's Kepler space telescope to lie in the habitable zone around its star where liquid water, and perhaps life, could exist."
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From the article by Karl Tate: "Astronomers have discovered more than 700 alien planets beyond the solar system, and the count is rising all the time. Some are large and hot, and others are smaller and cooler, but scientists are still on the lookout for an Earth twin.
They just got closer, with the announcement Dec. 5 of a planet found by NASA's Kepler space telescope to lie in the habitable zone around its star where liquid water, and perhaps life, could exist."
Source: SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration This entry was originally posted at http://zizi-west.dreamwidth.org/34782.html. Please comment there using OpenID.