A team of scientists using data from the Kepler space telescope say they have identified a planet 22 light-years away that could possibly harbor life. Astronomers from the Carnegie Institution of Washington and the University of California, Santa Cruz say the planet resides in the habitable zone – placing it in a region where temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of the planet. The star is a member of a triple star system and has a different makeup than our Sun, being relatively lacking in metallic elements. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2012/02/newsflash-habitable-zone-earth-like-planet-discovered-22-light-years-away.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheDailyGalaxyNewsFromPlanetEarthBeyond+%28The+Daily+Galaxy+--Great+Discoveries+Channel%3A+Sci%2C+Space%2C+Tech.%29
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