Monday, January 12, 2009

A Search For Earth-Like Planets

NASA has planned for the launch of a $600 million mission at the end of the countdown. Its mission is to find out whether earth is the only habitable planet in the whole universe or is there any other earth-like planet in our universe. It will be hunting for the habitable planets for three and a half years from the day it is launched. The main objective of this mission will be to search for the earth-like planets in our universe.

This mission will help the researchers a lot to answer many questions like how many planets have water in the form of liquid on their surfaces and how many are at perfect distances from the sun similar to earth. If a planet frequently passes in front of a star and because of that if it blocks the light from the star, it will suggest that a planet has been discovered.

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