Sunday, October 21, 2012

New Planet Found Just Outside Our Solar System


Scientists have found a planet around the same size as earth but with much less mass and with a surface temperature reaching over 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit! (1,200C).  The unnamed planet cannot support life, that we know of, but scientists believe other planets could also be orbiting the same sun that are capable.  The planet revolves around it's sun every few days, so you would have a birthday every 3 days!  Though scientists are calling it a neighbor of earth, the planet is 25 trillion miles away and would take over 40,000 earth years in our fastest spacecraft!  Since the 1990's scientists have found over 800 exoplanets (planets outside our solar system) but none as close as the newly discovered planet.

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