Astronomers Find First Earth-like Planet in Habitable Zone

Astronomers have discovered the most Earth-like planet outside our Solar System to date, an exoplanet with a radius only 50% larger than the Earth and capable of having liquid water. Using the ESO 3.6-m telescope, a team of Swiss, French and Portuguese scientists discovered a super-Earth about 5 times the mass of the Earth that orbits a red dwarf, already known to harbour a Neptune-mass planet. The astronomers have also strong evidence for the presence of a third planet with a mass about 8 Earth masses.

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[B3nzolino]

How about all the species of life on Earth from micro to macro and all the extinct species of life that roamed our planet millions of years ago to currently. If life is abundant on Earth then in my OPINION its abundant not only in our Milky Way Galaxy but the entire Universe. They nearest Galaxy to our own,other than a small dwarf galaxy 20 light years is the Andromeda Galaxy at 2,500,000 light years distance;travel at 686,000 miles per second (light speed) you get there in 2,500,000 years.

[lmos26]

@MrLoginto if you really want to twist your mind then read about how some partials "behave" in quantum mechanics. for example the same partial existing simultaneously in 2 places at once or how they seem to appear out of nowhere and then vanish in the same fashion. this is where time get really strange and extra dimensions become very possible and likely

[lhooderssl]

IMO, no doubt that they know about us if we're able to know about them, we're seeing planets light-years away. There's a possibility that evolution has already taken place and technology is apparent?

[MrWowman21]

I'll kill my self before I go into space

[SERVICECANADAGC]

found a third planet similar has earth but no specification of life.i wanna know if there life.damnnnnnnnnnnnnn .

[aly1170]

OMG DOUBLE FAIL its 670 616 629 miles per hour. Dont beliveve me? search this in google "light speed in miles per hour" Get your facts right before you try to make someone else looks stupid lmfao

[aly1170]

OMG lol danb18c is thick you were ALOT closer its the speed of light = 670 616 629 mph both out by alot but you were closer the speed of light is VERY fast ...btw im not a profesional i just put it in on google lol and it came up with this :)

[mAmmuTwOw]

It's Krypton.