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The planet itself is neither too big nor too small for the proper surface, gravity and atmosphere. Its just right. Just like flat coat. This rightfully is the first Goldilocks planet, tell co-discoverer R. Paul Butler of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Related seven-spot best places to sleep under the stars->3 The new planet sits smack in the middle of what astronomers refer to as the habitable z maven, unlike any of the near 500 new(prenominal) planets astronomers have found outside our solar system. And it is in our galactic neighborhood, suggesting that plenty of Earth-like planets circle different stars. Finding a planet that could potentially support life is a major step toward reply the timeless question Are we alone?Scientists have jumped the gun in advance on proclaiming that planets outside our solar system were habitable only to have them turn out to be not quite so contributory to life. But this one is so clearly in the right zone that five outside astronomers told The Associated Press it seems to be the real thing. This is the first one Im truly excited about, said Penn State Un iversitys Jim Kasting. He said this planet is a pretty prime candidate for harboring life. Life on other planets doesnt mean E. T. Even a simple single-cell bacteria or the eq of shower mold would shake perceptions about the uniqueness of life on Earth.But there are still many unanswered questions about this impertinent planet. It is about three times the mass of Earth, slightly larger in width and much closer to its star 14 million miles off versus 93 million. Its so close to its version of the sun that it orbits every 37 days. And it doesnt rotate much, so one side is almost eternally bright, the other dark. Temperatures can be as hot as 160 degrees or as frigid as 25 degrees below zero, but in between in the land of constant sunrise it would be shirt-sleeve weather, said co-discoverer Steven Vogt of the University of California at Santa Cruz.Its unknown whether water actually exists on the planet, and what descriptor of atmosphere it has. But because conditions are ideal for liquid water, and because there always seems to be life on Earth where there is water, Vogt believes that chances for life on this planet are 100 percent. The astronomers findings are being published in Astrophysical Journal and were announced by the National Science Foundation on Wednesday. The planet circles a star called Gliese 581.Its about 120 trillion miles away, so it would take several generations for a spaceship to get there. It whitethorn seem like a long distance, but in the outline of the vast universe, this planet is like right in our face, right future(a) door to us, Vogt said in an interview. That close proximity and the way it was found so early in astronomers search for habitable planets hints to scientists that planets like Earth are probably not that rare. Vogt and Butler ran some calculations, with giant