New super-Earth detected within the habitable zone of a nearby cool star

www.sciencedaily.com - Sientists have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. The star is a member of a triple star system and has a different makeup than our Sun, being relatively lacking in metallic elements. This discovery demonstrates that habitable planets could form in a greater variety of environments than previously believed.view link

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Why the latest eurozone bail-out is destined to fail within weeks - Telegraph

www.telegraph.co.uk - I want last week's European bail-out to work. My sincere hope is that collective and decisive action by the eurozone's large member states will stabilize global markets, at least for a while, so allowing the global economy to catch its breath.

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Exoplanet in a triple star system smack dab in the habitable zone

blogs.discovermagazine.com - In the race to find the weirdest planet orbiting another star, we may have a front runner: GJ 667Cc, a super-Earth orbiting one star in a triple system that's actually relatively closeby. And oh yeah: it just so happens to be in just the right spo...

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Kepler confirms first planet found in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

blogs.discovermagazine.com - This is pretty big news: the space-based Kepler observatory has confirmed the first planet found in the habitable zone of a star like the Sun! Not only that, the planet may well be similar to Earth, though that’s not clear yet. The planet, called ...

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NASA - NASA's Kepler Mission Confirms Its First Planet in Habitable Zone of Sun-like Star

www.nasa.gov - NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface.

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