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Originally Posted by rodog
This is a wikipedia link to the most earth like planet ever discovered. It's recent and is only 20 LYs away. Earth like planets have never been detected before because they cannot be visibly drrn due to a star's glare. In order to detect an exoplanet they have to calculate a star's wobble which would indicate a planet is tugging on it through gravity. Smaller planets have less gravity so they are harder to detect. Since the discovery of this one however more will most likely be found soon. Also this planet is predicted to be the right distance from it's sun to have liquid water which is considered a neccessity for life as we know it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_d |
did u see the mars special about the recent fluid flow on mars, they thought it couldnt happen but pictures they took months ago, and pictures they took after that show that something had flowed through there
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