Radojica
02-03-2011, 10:26 AM
WASHINGTON -- 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.
Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets. Kepler also found six confirmed planets orbiting a sun-like star, Kepler-11. This is the largest group of transiting planets orbiting a single star yet discovered outside our solar system.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/511895main_Kepler-11_IntroShot_full.jpg
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Candidates require follow-up observations to verify they are actual planets. Kepler also found six confirmed planets orbiting a sun-like star, Kepler-11. This is the largest group of transiting planets orbiting a single star yet discovered outside our solar system.
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/511895main_Kepler-11_IntroShot_full.jpg
more... (http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/feb/HQ_11-030_Kepler_Update.html)