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Exoplanet Gliese 581d Has Atmosphere that May Allow Life, According to New Study
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Goldilocks Conditions - Not too Warm, Not Too Cold
There's a lot that we've learned about the Earth by studying other planets (for example, some of what we know about global warming was learned by analyzing the atmosphere of Venus), but until recently, we only had the planets of the solar system to look at. That has changed thanks to better instruments that allowed astronomers to discover distant planets orbiting faraway stars (aka exoplanets). One of the most promising so far is Gliese 581d, an exoplanet ab...Read the full story on TreeHugger
