Exoplanets: Gliese 581g

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This will hopefully prove out as one of those "Where were you when you heard/saw the news?" events.

Ladies, gentlemen and respected others:

We may indeed have a winner.

Gliese 581g

http://news.ucsc.edu/2010/09/planet.html

http://keckobservatory.org/news/keck_observatory_discovers_the_first_goldilocks_exoplanet/

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2010/09/29/science-habitable-exoplanet-gliese.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_g

For deeper background:

http://oklo.org/tag/gliese-581/

Comments

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Keeping Duncan's caveats firmly in mind as we keep at least some of our telescopes locked onto it, you may be right.