Kepler Discovers Smallest 'Habitable Zone' Planets to Date‏

[Dingo]

NASA Science News for April 18, 2013

NASA's Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary systems that include three super-Earth-size planets in the "habitable zone," the range of distance from a star where the surface temperature of an orbiting planet might be suitable for liquid water.

FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/18apr_habitablezone/

[kashi]

"Scotty, how're we doing?"
"Dilithium chambers at maximum Captain."
"Warp factor 9, Mr Sulu."

Bell flight 14 you now can land
See you on Aldebaran
Safe on the green desert sand
It's so very lonely, you're 2000 light years from home
It's so very lonely, you're 2000 light years from home

Should be able to get to Kepler-69 and back by the time my Constellation@Home pending has cleared.