Gliese 581b - Super-Earth by lordgoron
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Hello,
I don't know wether some of you already heard about the breaking news:
Scientist at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) announced that they have found a new extrasolar planet - nothing special for there are already more than 200 of them discoverd - BUT this one ist the FIRST orbiting its homestar within the so called 'habitable zone' which means the temperatures are between 0
Comments (7)
starfish42
You were quick off the mark! Nice work - love the way you've shown the Sun. And thanks for the web link - by coincidence I'm talking to children about the search for extra-terrestrial life on Saturday, so I need to do some research.
SunsetHunter
Great image and great idea to use a real-life fact to illustrate! Thanx for the link - a very interesting and exciting new discovery!
manitoba
Already checked - but 20 lightyears mean a great distance for present technology :(
kelvinhughes
excellent well done
jason102
Yes, this is quite the awesome astronomical breakthrough! It will be very exciting during the next several years once we have the Terrestrial Planet Finder observatories up in space and active!
FCLittle
Nicely done....simple and elegant...
Pauli
Love that subject ! Great image ! I think, that Gliese is not that large in optical appearance ...??