jueves, 3 de febrero de 2011

Earth-Size Planet Candidates Found in Habitable Zone - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Earth-Size Planet Candidates Found in Habitable Zone - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Cuanto más investigan, más nos damos cuenta de la inmensidad del 
universo... y con ello de las enormes posibilidades de que se hayan 
dado en otros lugares las condiciones ideales para generar vida.
¿La encontraremos?
This artist's concept shows Kepler-11 -- the most tightly packed planetary system yet discoveredKepler-11 Planetary System
PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's Kepler mission has discovered its first Earth-size planet candidates and its first candidates in the habitable zone, a region where liquid water could exist on a planet's surface. Five of the potential planets are near Earth-size and orbit in the habitable zone of smaller, cooler stars than our sun.
  "In one generation we have gone from extraterrestrial planets being a mainstay of science fiction, to the present, where Kepler has helped turn science fiction into today's reality,"

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