New Models Find that Gliese 581d is the First Potentially Habitable Exoplanet

- The red dwarf Gliese 581, one of our own solar system’s closest neighboring stars and a regular point of exoplanetary interest, can finally claim the title of owning the first confirmed potentially-habitable expolanet. French researchers running complex computer models have demonstrated that the planet Gliese 581d--once thought too cold to sustain life--indeed could possess the proper ingredients to sustain liquid water and an atmosphere. Full story:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-05/new-models-show-gliese-581d-first-potentially-habitable-exoplanet

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http://cristiannegureanu.blogspot.com/2010/10/strange-signal-comes-from-alien-planet.html