Gliese 581 G : Is Life Possible On New Discovered Planet 2010

Gliese 581 G : Is Life Possible On New Discovered Planet 2010  – A planet has been found around the red dwarf star Gliese 581 that may possibly be hospitable to life, such as it is on earth. The planet appears to be three times the mass of earth, according a team at the University of California (UC) and the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

The planet is inside an area known as the habitable or Goldilocks zone. This is the first time a planet in such a zone has been found, and it comes after almost 500 other planets have been discovered outside of earth’s solar system.

Steven Vogt, UC professor of astronomy and astrophysics, said: “Personally, given the ubiquity and propensity of life to flourish wherever it can, I would say that the chances for life on this planet are 100%. I have almost no doubt about it.”

“We had planets on both sides of the habitable zone – one too hot and one too cold – and now we have one in the middle that’s just right,” Professor Vogt said.

“The fact that we were able to detect this planet so quickly and so nearby tells us that planets like this must be really common.”

The planet has the name Gliese 581 G, is 20 light-years away – or 120 trillion miles – from Earth in the constellation Libra. So, it’s still a long way away, and any human arriving on this planet will take many more years to achieve.

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