Found! First Earth-Size Planet That Could Support Life

space.com ^ | April 17, 2014 | Miriam Kramer

[Gettin Betta]

For the first time, scientists have discovered an Earth-size alien planet in the habitable zone of its host star, an "Earth cousin" that just might have liquid water and the right conditions for life.

[SunkenCiv]

Yeah, I’ve red that it does. :’) It’s a matter of how close in, and in the diagram that showed up in the THIRD topic about this discovery (this one is #2), there’s a nice illustration showing the distance as compared with our Solar System.

[ExCTCitizen]

Wait...why should we pollute that planet? I mean the planet have intelligent life - CONSERVATIVES only. Why should we dothat to them.

[JimRed]

Only 490 light years away. So, if we send out a machine right now, and it averages 100,000 mph, it will get there when?

OK, let's see: light travels at 186,000 miles per second, times 60 seconds in a minute, times 60 minutes in an hour, times 24, times 365, times 490...

Sorry, above my pay grade!