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Many Earths out There? Nearly All Kepler Planets May Be the Real Deal
By Mike Wall

Published December 06, 2011

Space.com

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MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – Virtually all of the alien planet candidates discovered by NASA's Kepler space telescope may turn out to be the real deal, a new study suggests.

Researchers announced Monday, Dec. 5, that Kepler has detected 2,326 potential alien worlds in its first 16 months of operation, including 48 in their stars' habitable zones — that just-right range of distances that could allow liquid water, and maybe even life, to exist.

More: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/06/many-earths-out-there-nearly-all-kepler-planets-may-be-real-deal/




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