Tuesday, December 6, 2011

A Planet to Call Home?

This undated handout artist rendering provided by NASA shows Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star.


Read the following article and watch the video:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1205/New-earth-like-planet-discovered-by-NASA-spacecraft-Video

What parameters do astrobiologists look for when looking for a planet that is like Earth and could possibly support life as we know it?
What are five interesting ideas that you read about or watched in the video?