microrobert
12-24-2011, 06:34 AM
Big Question for 2012: Will We Find Earth 2.0?
On Tuesday, astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope announced the discovery of two Earth-size worlds orbiting a star 1,000 light-years away.
Kepler has detected many more candidate worlds of this size, but this was the first time confirmation of small rocky worlds with terrestrial dimensions had been announced.
http://news.discovery.com/space/big-question-for-2012-earth-20-111220.html
On Tuesday, astronomers using NASA's Kepler space telescope announced the discovery of two Earth-size worlds orbiting a star 1,000 light-years away.
Kepler has detected many more candidate worlds of this size, but this was the first time confirmation of small rocky worlds with terrestrial dimensions had been announced.
http://news.discovery.com/space/big-question-for-2012-earth-20-111220.html