Another Habitable Planet Spotted by Telescopes
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Posted Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at 2:46 PM
Attention, earthlings: Scientists have found yet another planetary system we might be able to inhabit.
An international team of astronomers has uncovered five exo-planets that range from two to six times the size of the Earth and orbit a sun-like star called Tau Ceti. The discovery was the result of nearly 6,000 observations from telescopes located in Hawaii, Chile, and Australia.
Located 12 light years away, the system is visible in the evening sky and is in the "habitable zone"—meaning it could have liquid water to sustain life.
But of course, even if we could live there, we still have no way to get there.


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