They find the planet but similar to the Earth

The humanity looks for tests that constantly life in other planets exists. Each new indication by small that it is abre a new hope of which we are not single in the universe. And thus it could be, at least in a planet shortage by Chilean, Swiss and Portuguese scientists. One is the planet most similar to the Earth, in which it could have liquid water and whose conditions allow to imagine the existence of an extraterrestrial life, according to his discoverers.


The own temperature of the new planet already invites to think about its similarity with the Earth, since it varies between the 0 and the 40 ºC.

The National Center of Scientific research of the Chair (Chile), the Observatory of Geneva (Switzerland) and the Center of Astronomy of Lisbon (Portugal) were the people in charge to find a planet that turns around the star Gliese 581, to 20.5 years Earth light, in the constellation Pound.

This planet, five times greater than ours, is the third party that discover both in last years in that system

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