While this is incredibly awesome, it is also incredibly depressing. 20 light-years away might as well be on the other side of the universe. We'll never, ever know.
--- On Wed, 4/22/09, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
> <http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-planet22-2009apr22,0,2802112.story>http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-planet22-2009apr22,0,2802112.story
>
> From the Los Angeles Times
>
> Two planets identified as most similar to Earth
>
> Both orbit the same star, 20 light-years from Earth, called
> Gliese 581. The larger of the two orbits in the 'habitable
> zone,' and could have oceans.
> By Thomas H. Maugh II
>
> April 22, 2009
>