Scientists Discover Planet Orbiting Star
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 3:24 pm
By ALICIA CHANG, AP, Tue Nov 6, 7:44 PM EST
A new planet was discovered orbiting a sun-like star 41 light years away, making it the first known planetary quintet outside our solar system, astronomers said Tuesday.
The newfound planet joins four others circling the nearby star 55 Cancri in the constellation Cancer. Although it resides in the star's so-called habitable zone, a place where liquid water and mild temperatures should exist, it is more like Saturn than Earth and therefore not likely to support life.
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