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Originally Posted by onthefence  "European astronomers have spotted what they say is the most Earth-like planet yet outside our solar system, with balmy temperatures that could support water and, potentially, life.
They have not directly seen the planet, orbiting a red dwarf star called Gliese 581. But measurements of the star suggest that a planet not much larger than the Earth is pulling on it, the researchers say in a letter to the editor of the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics."
just 20.5 light-years away in the constellation Libra. only 123 trllion miles Scientists spot most Earth-like planet yet | CNET News.com | Wow, very cool. That really isn't that far off in the big scheme of things. It maybe close enough to send a probe to (some day). Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ~Alexis de Tocqueville |