Possible earthlike planet found in the Goldilocks zone of a nearby star

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2010/09/29/possible-earthlike-planet-found-in-the-goldilocks-zone-of-a-nearby-star/

by BrandonM • 16 years ago

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BrandonM• 16 years ago

HN user avar posted a link to Phil Plait's writeup in this thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1741330. Then HN user hartror suggested, "His write up is far more suitable for the HN audience, has plenty of science, grains of salt and uses the very scientific word 'probably' a lot (that isn't a joke)." So I figured it would be worth submitting. It seems to be a more levelheaded commentary on the discovery.

danparsonson• 16 years ago

Having read both, I agree - this is a more balanced report. The other one seems to blur facts and supposition a bit. Thanks!

c00p3r• 16 years ago

Oh, yeah! Thanks for reminder! Time to re-read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and to watch the Bladerunner again. Immigrate or degenerate.. ^_^

pmjordan• 16 years ago

Apart from the obvious fact that this is a very cool finding, I have to say I love the term "Goldilocks zone". I wonder if we can misappropriate it for other uses.

Possible earthlike planet found in the Goldilocks zone of a nearby star

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