First Planet Discovered In Habitable Zone Of Nearby Star

[Rade]

Here is the pre-print of the planet discovered in the habitable zone of a nearby star--Gliese 581

 

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/1009/1009.5733v1.pdf

[Tormod]

Thanks! I posted the news here:

 

First potentially habitable exoplanet found

[Cyberia]

With our present limited technology, all we are detecting is planets very close to their stars so wait a bit longer and when we can detect planets further away we'll be inundated with planets where our kind of life might exist.