INQUIRER.net: Earth-like planets may be closer than thought—study

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Earth-like planets may be closer than thought—study Feb 6th 2013, 22:31 WASHINGTON—Scientists looking for habitable planets may not have to stray far from our galactic neighborhood, said a new study Wednesday, which calculated an Earth-size planet could be orbiting a red dwarf as near as 13 light years away.   "We thought we would have to search vast distances to find an Earth-like planet. Now we realize another Earth is probably in our own backyard, waiting to be spotted," said Harvard astronomer and lead author Courtney Dressing.   The researchers based their calculations on planets already discovered by the US super-telescope Kepler, focusing on the question of which "red dwarf" stars could have potentially habitable Earth-size... Keep on reading: Earth-like planets may be closer than thought—study Media files: hypothetical-planet.jpg (image/jpeg)

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