Kepler, NASA's spacecraft, has discovered numerous "alien planets". Planets having multiple suns, gigantic "super earths" and "hot jupiters"also,surprisingly, mini solar systems. These discoveries are fantastic and to me very surprising. I don't know about you but it is very hard to imagine any other world out of Earth. A different planet and solar systems. To think that there are other planets "beyond" Earth is challenging to imagine in detail.
NASA believes that at this rate of discoveries astronauts will finally find an earth like planet orbiting its star in the "goldilocks zone". In "Goldilocks zones " the planet has to have a great enough distance from the sun to support enough water, and of course life. The reason why researchers and NASA named this type of zone a "Goldilocks zone, is mind boggling to me, at least they have creativity.
"Goldilocks Zone" = Habitable zone
Kepler has already discovered some Earth-shaped planets, but happen to be to close to their "parenting stars". Luckily, these recent discoveries have researchers feeling that there is going to be a major find just around the corner. Especially Shawn Domagal-Goldman, a researcher at NASA HQ who specializes in exoplanet biology. Shawn states that "I believe Kepler will find a 'Goldilocks planet' within the next two years. We'll be able to point at a specific star in the night sky and say 'There it is—a planet that could support life!'". If I could talk to Shawn right now I would say "I think your right".
Don't you fell the same way? If NASA does happen to find a second earth, what do you think it'll look like and what will we do first"
