NASA Uncover 4 Earth Like Planets That Can Support Life

«§» 28 February 2014

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the discovery of 715 new planets, increasing our knowledge of heavenly bodies by almost 70%.

Before this mankind's database had only known about 1000 planets, and in the newly discovered planet, there is about four planet located in where NASA believes can support life.

The new discoveries where made possible by a new telescope called kepler space telescope and were verified using a new technique that scientists expect to make new planetary discoveries more frequent and more detailed.

Planetary scientist at NASA, Jack Lissauer said: We've been able to open the bottleneck to access the mother lode and deliver to you more than 20 times as many planets as has ever been found and announced at once,".

The Kepler space observatory was launched into space in 2009 and is able to locate what NASA defines as habitable zone. Habitable zones are zones that are the right distance from a star for a moderate temperature that might sustain liquid water.



NASA's astrophysics Douglas Hudgins said: "Kepler has really been a game-changer for our understanding of the incredible diversity of planets and planetary systems in our galaxy, The new technique is called "verification by multiplicity," and relies in part on the logic of probability. Instead of searching blindly, the team focused on stars that the technique suggests are likely to have more than one planet in their orbit.



NASA says 95% of the planets discovered by Kepler are smaller than Neptune, which is four times as big as Earth. One of them is about twice the size of Earth and orbits a star half the size of Earth's sun in a 30-day cycle. The other three planets in habitable zones also are all roughly twice the size of Earth.

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Posted: at 28-02-2014 06:32 AM (10 years ago) | Hero

*grabs parachute and goes into space*... Me wanna go check it out asap!!

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Posted: at 28-02-2014 12:41 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

ok ..but my hand no dey for that side..the devil u know is better than the one u don't know..me dey for earth here ..me no go follow them go to that side..

Posted: at 28-02-2014 02:04 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero

If NASA is sure about the availability of liquid water on the planets then let start migrating to them bcos  the earth is getting congested.  I am ready to try out one of the new planets, but would like to keep my home on earth as holiday resort especially during winter on the new planet.

Posted: at 28-02-2014 02:26 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Bla bla bla...

Posted: at 28-02-2014 02:55 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Any extraterrestrial organisms so far? I need 1 for a pet...i mean something like ET

Posted: at 28-02-2014 02:58 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac

One day they may discover hell fire

Posted: at 28-02-2014 04:36 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

lets gooooooooooowwwwwwww there................

Posted: at 28-02-2014 04:51 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming

 

Posted: at 28-02-2014 09:25 PM (10 years ago) | Hero

Hope BRT plys there so I can relocate quietly before BH read this news

Posted: at 28-02-2014 10:45 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming