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Something that has me very excited is the prospect that we may be discovering, within the next few years, Earth-like planets, about the same size as earth, with similar atmospheres, similar temperatures, and possibly even life.
It shouldn't be difficult to find Earth-like planets given the new estimate of how common they are.
- National Geographic
And we've already found one. Although, when they say "habitable" it's in the broadest sense of the term as we don't yet know what gasses are in it's atmosphere, or if it actually does have water on it's surface. We only know that it's in the right place, and could have water.
-National geographic
On March 6, 2009 the Kepler planet-hunting telescope was launched into orbit. You can read all about Kepler in this article. They also have a very well done video there as well. This article also states exactly how many Earth-like planets we should expect to find in our galaxy, a mind-blowing 100 billion.
Kepler spacecraft will hunt for planets that are just right for life
- guardian.co.uk
"By 2014 headlines could be announcing the first tentative evidence of life beyond our solar system."
- Discover
We could even find Earth-like moons around gas giants that orbit in other stars habitable zones.
- Science Daily
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