Most Earth-like Planet Found
Scientist has found Gliese 581d, 1.9 times size of Earth, has a lot more in common with our planet than astronomers first thought. Michel Mayor, an astrophysicist at Geneva University in Switzerland said, The Holy Grail of current exoplanet research is the detection of a rocky, Earth-like planet in the ‘habitable zone,’
It is said that Gliese 581d could even be covered by a large and deep ocean and it is the first serious ‘water world’ candidate.
Source: Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet
on April 23rd, 2009 at 2:22 am
That’s my next holiday destination..