Getting to Know the Goldilocks Planet
March 30, 2012
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft is discovering a veritable avalanche of alien worlds. As the numbers mount, it seems to be just a matter of time before Kepler finds what astronomers are really looking for: an Earth-like planet orbiting its star in the “Goldilocks zone”. credit: NASA
Topics:
Disaster Accident, Environment, Kepler Mission, Planetary science, Exoplanetology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Habitable zone, Planet, Terrestrial planet, Extraterrestrial life, Johannes Kepler, Goldilocks planet
