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Kepler's Search for Life: Cosmic Haystack Just Got a Lot Bigger

2013-11-06 01:12:35| TechNewsWorld

Around a fifth of the Sun-like stars in the Milky Way are orbited by Earth-sized planets capable of sustaining life, suggests a study of data obtained by NASA's Kepler and the Keck Observatory. Those planets, up to twice Earth's size, are orbiting their stars in the so-called habitable zone -- that is, the range of orbits that would permit liquid water to exist on the surface.

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