INQUIRER.net: Astronomers find most Earth-like planets yet

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Astronomers find most Earth-like planets yet Apr 19th 2013, 00:03 WASHINGTON—Using a potent NASA space telescope to scan the skies for planets like ours where life might exist, astronomers said Thursday they have found the most Earth-like candidates yet.   Two of the five planets orbiting a sun-like star called Kepler-62 are squarely in what astronomers call the habitable zone—not too hot, not too cold and possibly bearing water, researchers said in the journal Science.   "These two are our best candidates that might be habitable," said William Borucki, Kepler science principal investigator at NASA's Ames Research Center.   The two planets are slightly larger than ours, and at least a couple of billion years old... Keep on reading: Astronomers find most Earth-like planets yet Media files: Alien-Planets.jpg (image/jpeg)

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