Scientists will have detected the first truly Earth-like planet outside the solar system by the end of the year, one of the world’s leading astronomers predicted yesterday.
Professor Michel Mayor, of Geneva University, who led the team that discovered the first extrasolar planet (or exoplanet) in 1995, said he was confident that a planet of a similar size and composition to Earth would be found in the near future. Full story:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/science/space/article7002322.ece
* JAPANESE SCIENTISTS EYE MYSTERIOUS "PLANET X"... The researchers at Kobe University in western Japan said calculations using computer simulations led them to conclude it was only a matter of time before the mysterious "Planet X" was found:
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2008/11/japanese-scientists-eye-mysterious.html
* Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Planet Outside Solar System... Scientists from the European Southern Observatory working in Chile have found a new planet outside our solar system that is more like Earth than any other known planet... Like Earth, the new planet "Gliese 581c" orbits its sun in "the habitable zone.":
http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2009/01/astronomers-discover-earth-like-planet.html
