The planetary orbits of the Gliese 581 system compared to those of ourown solar system. Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation.
Steven Vogt and Paul Butler lead a team that discovered the first potentially inhabitable exoplanet.
Steven Vogt of UC Santa Cruz and UC Observatories and Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington join NSF's Lisa-Joy Zgorski to announce the discovery of the first exoplanet that has the potential to support life.
Credit: National Science Foundation
More info:
"The Lick-Carnegie Exoplanet Survey: A 3.1M⊕ Planet in the Habitable Zone of the Nearby M3V Star Glie" (pdf) - full paper published on APJ
Newly discovered planet may be first truly habitable exoplanet - University of California - Santa Cruz
Earth-Like Planet Can Sustain Life - Discovery News
What is an exoplanet?