Friday, April 18, 2014

Kepler 186F At Last!

Astronomers found a planet that sits in the happy happy fun time zone,  near enough to its star to be warm, but not too warm, yet not far enough to suffer the frigid colds of space. This zone is the zone where water can remain in its liquid state, allowing for earth-like life to grow, evolve, get a car, balance a check book and die.

It appears to be rocky and very habitable and is only 500 light years away. Not too shabby if we could fold space.

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