Has NASA found a new planet like earth?

Answer 1

MAYBE YES JUST READ THIS

Astronomers found a planet similar to the Earth in a cloud of space dust

Astronomers were able to confirm the fact that a planet similar to the Earth rotates around one of the closest stars. The newly discovered planetary system might actually share most characteristics with the Solar system than other planets discovered so far.
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Vega is the center star of the new planetary system. The star is one of the brightest in the sky. 25 light years separate Vega from the Earth. It is three times greater than the Sun and much younger. The star is only 350 million years old.

A cloud of dust along with a relatively massive planet is rotating around Vega. The cloud is capable of "shaking off" orbits' debris. By doing so, it enables the existence of smaller planets such as the Earth.

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Answer 2

Recently they discovered a planet orbiting the star Gliese 581 which is inside the star's habitable zone. However, if the planet, Gliese 581 c, has enough of a greenhouse effect, it may still be too hot for life. The outermost planet in the same star system, Gliese 581 d, is also a possible candidate for life if the greenhouse effect has warmed it up sufficiently. I'm not sure if you're talking about either of these planets or not. Neither of these planets are very much like Earth in terms of their non-life-related aspects; one is hotter than Earth, the other one is colder, and both are more massive.

Answer 3

We're starting to discover smaller & smaller planets, but nothing as small as Earth yet. Like the poster above stated, the planet closest to being "Earth-like" was discovered a few months ago, orbiting Gliese 581, but even so, that planet is 5 times the size of Earth, and takes only 8 days to complete an orbit. (Mercury, the closest planet to the sun in our solar system, takes 11 times as long - 88 days to go around our sun.)

There are techniques being developed trying to locate planets that might be more Earth-like, but... I think it's still a few years away.

Answer 4

No, NASA did not find it. It was found by an astronomer at the European Southern Observatory in Chile. It appears that the astronomer was from Switzerland. The initial observation was followed up by a Canadian - built space telescope. It is difficult to pick out any direct involvement by US citizens here.

NASA does a lot of good work with space probes etc but they do not concern themselves much with ground based
astronomy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581_c

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane_Udry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microvariability_and_Oscillations_of_STars_telescope

Answer 5

Not really. They just found one that shows a great bit of evidence of have water in its atmosphere. And there was one more that posed a good chance. But nothing to get really excited over. Yet.

Answer 6

There are other planets like this one, but so far, we can make an educated guess that they are very far away. I know there are some closer, but science will have to reveal them to us as they find them.

Answer 7

No. Not Yet.

However, some that partly meet the criteria have recently been discovered orbiting nearby stars.

Answer 8

i bought Gilese 581 through the star registry so if anything new pops up ill let you know. btw im changing its name. any suggestions?

Answer 9

they have a theory..unproved hope not for long!

Answer 10

if they did im moving there