Extra-Solar Planet Found

Astronomers studying the tiny fluctuations in stellar movements measured over 11 years have concluded a planet circling a star only 20 light-years from Earth may have a zone on its surface capable of supporting life. The planet, Gliese 581g, has an estimated gravity between 1.1 and 1.7 Earth g, and...

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