Recently while reading the newspaper, I came across a article from 'my paper' about Goldilocks planet.
Astronomers say they have, for the first time spotted a planet beyond Earth in what is sometimes called the Goldilocks zone, where crucial conditions for life to exist are just right.
Not too far from its star, and not too close, so it could contain liquid water. The planet itself is neither too big nor too small for proper surface, gravity and atmosphere. It is just right. Just right like Earth.
But there remains many unanswered questions about this strange planet. It is about three times the mass of Earth, slightly larger in width and much closer to its star - 22 1/2 million km away from versus 149 million km. It is so close to its version of the sun that it orbits every 37 days. And it does not rotate much, so one side is almost always bright, the other side dark.
Temperature can be as hot as 71 deg C or as frigid as minus 31 deg C but, in between, it would be "short-sleeve weather".
The planet circles a star called Gliese 581. It is about 195 trillion km away, so it would take several generations for a spaceship to get there. It may seem like a long distance, but in the scheme of the vast universe, this planet is like right in our face, right next door to us.
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