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Newfound Alien Planet a Top Contender to Host Life
Thursday, September 20, 2012 8:39
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by Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor
A newly discovered alien planet may be one of the top contenders to support life beyond Earth, researchers say.
The newfound world, a “super Earth” called Gliese 163c, lies at the edge of its star’s habitable zone — that just-right range of distances where liquid water could exist.
“There are a wide range of structures and compositions that allow Gliese 163c to be a habitable planet,” Xavier Bonfils, of France’s Joseph Fourier University-Grenoble, told SPACE.com by email.
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