For life as we know it to subsist , melted H2O is a must . Of course it is possible that there are other forms of life that do not necessitate water , but since that is all we love , that is going to give scientist the best basis for identify augury of living from not bad distance . For the possibility of fluid water to exist on an exoplanet , it must be in its maven ’s inhabitable zone .
astronomer are in particular concerned in finding a twin of the Earth : a rough major planet in its star ’s inhabitable geographical zone that is about the same size of it as us . Most of the exoplanets we have detected so far have been far too enceinte to be bouldered , but we have detected some “ Super Earths ” that are more monolithic than Earth , but less monolithic than Uranus . The condition does n’t admit any entropy about planetary composition or habitability , though .
However , astronomers may shortly be announcing the discovery of a planet with 1.1x the r of Earth , residing in a inhabitable zone . Though there is no official annunciation at this sentence , Tom Barclayfrom the NASA Ames Research Center who is operate on the Kepler mission make select information to those in attendance at theSearch for Life Beyond the Solar System : Exoplanets , Biosignatures & Instruments(EBI2014 ) convention on Wednesday at the University of Arizona .
The answer are not yet slate for issue and there will be no official announcement until then , accord to Discovery News . Not a lot of specific information was given , but we do know that the planet orbits an M1 nanus lead , which is somewhat smaller and less bright than our own sun . The planet belongs to a five - planet system and is on the outskirts of the habitable zona . There has n’t been any info released about the composition of the planet , its field , or its aloofness from Earth .
While there is picture available for the otherpresentations at EBI2014 , this fussy talk was not recorded due to the sensitive nature of some of the detail . For now , we will have to look for more detail to be let go after the paper has been published in a scientific journal .
Thanks to Barclay for the league canary peak of a new HZ exoplanet with 1.1 R_e . Ca n’t waitress to see the publications!#ebi2014
— Kim Bott ( @HumanBott)March 19 , 2014
Barclay show young transiting system around thousand midget . 5 satellite with outmost ( 1.1 Re ) is towards forbidden boundary of inhabitable zone.#ebi2014
— Nick Ballering ( @nick_ballering)March 19 , 2014
