What dp you think of the Gliece 581 system?

Question

They found a planet, Gliece 581 C within the star's habitable zone. The first they've ever found. However it's year is quite short with it's day just slightly longer. Do you think that it is true that there will be a "Dark" side of the planet, that is too cold for life to actually exist? Or maybe the side with the star will be too warm and only those on the "Twilight" side will be able to support life. Your thoughts?

Ugh... DO you think?

Answer 1

I find it quite fascinating, i study it.
I follow the astronomers work and printout everything about it and email the astronomers.
According to the astronomer Stephane Udry that i wrote to it's the most earthlike planet discovered so far.

His email i have is as follows ..
Gliese 581 C is the smallest extrasolar planet, or “exoplanet,” discovered to date. It is located about 15 times closer to its star than Earth is to the sun; one year on the planet is equal to 13 Earth days. Because red dwarfs, also known as M dwarfs, are about 50 times dimmer than the sun and much cooler, their planets can orbit much closer to them while still remaining within their habitable zones, the spherical region around a star within which a planet’s temperature can sustain liquid water on its surface.

I think it's amazing. I'm following Geoff Marcy's
planet hunting happenings too .

Answer 2

This planet is one of 239 ExoPlanets recently discovered and logged by those folks who are searching for Earth Equivalent Planets out in deep space. It seems to have some of the basic characteristics required to meet our understanding of a suitable place for life to exist. I just used the term "life" rather loosely. Life could be anything from bacteria and green mold right on up to complex life forms.

Our basic problem as Space Afficianados or Space Watchers is trying to figure out how one might detect the
presence of let's say "Fish" on Gliece from our office or home back here on Earth. Add in the distance factor of about 40 Light Years and this becomes a genuine problem. Not satisfied with detecting "fish?" Okay, "Birds" then...