• Question: What planets are in the goldilocks zone?

    Asked by westmorepenney to Ben, Clare, Ezzy, Mario, Sam on 15 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Elizabeth Pearson

      Elizabeth Pearson answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      So far we’ve only found two I think, and one of them is Earth! The other is one called Kepler 22b (good name, I know!). It’s about 100 times the size of earth.

    • Photo: Clare Burrage

      Clare Burrage answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      The goldilocks zone is the area around a star where planets can have liquid water on their surface. We think that liquid water is essential for life as we know it.
      We haven’t found many planets in the goldilocks zone yet, but I think we will find lots more in the next few years.

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