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Sky-scanning Kepler Finds New Planet Possibilities

February 3, 2011
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Sky-scanning Kepler Finds New Planet Possibilities

Back in September 2010, astronomers at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Carnegie Institute of Washington announced the discovery of Gliese 581g, a planet orbiting a star 20 light years away that, if confirmed, could be the first potentially habitable planet ever discovered. The findings were published in The Astrophysical Journal, and...
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