The excitement of exoplanets grows with the latest discovery having 3 super-Earth planets lying within the "Goldilocks Zone" or the area within a planetary system where liquid water could be expected to exist.
This conjures up all sorts of possibilities as to where there might be water, a larger than Earth type planet, there could be life. A very possible outcome of such paramenters!
Already the main stream media is hyping this up but read the following for the scientific scoop on the M class star (a 1/3 of the size of our Sun) located 22-light years away. Pretty fascinating stuff......
http://www.washington.edu/news/2013/06/25/astronomers-find-three-super-earths-in-nearby-stars-habitable-zone/
http://keckobservatory.org/news/scientists_discover_system_with_three_planets_in_habitable_zone
Sky Guy in VA
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