Gliese 581g: New Earth-Like Planet Discovered May Sustain Life
The Gliese 581g is a new Earth-like planet that may sustain life. This science news about the new Earth-like planet was announced on September 29, 2010 by the Carnegie Institution of Washington. It was dubbed as the Goldilocks planet making the “g” in Gliese 581g. It is three times the Earth’s mass and orbits at the “habitable zone” of the Gliese 581 star.
New Planet Discovered WASP 17 Retrograde Orbit Explained (Video)
We have updated this site about the new planet discovered named WASP 17 (click on the link to know more about WASP 17 and why this new planet discovered by scientists in several British Universities have been creating some huge buzz among sci-tech guys out there.
WASP 17: A New Planet That Orbits Backward (Retrograde Orbit)
Wide Area Search for Planets 17 (WASP 17) is a new planet recently discovered by scientists that allegedly orbits backward. WASP 17 is, according to reports, 1,000 light-years away from Earth and scientists have estimated its size to be twice that of Jupiter. This makes WASP 17 the largest known planet in the universe, as per record. Space.com has a more detailed report on WASP 17 but we’ll try to summarize important things about this new planet discovered very recently.