Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet

Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet: "By JENNIFER QUINN, Associated Press Writer Jennifer Quinn, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 22 mins ago
HATFIELD, England – In the search for Earth-like planets, astronomers zeroed in Tuesday on two places that look awfully familiar to home. One is close to the right size. The other is in the right place. European researchers said they not only found the smallest exoplanet ever, called Gliese 581 e, but realized that a neighboring planet discovered earlier, Gliese 581 d, was in the prime habitable zone for potential life.
'The Holy Grail of current exoplanet research is the detection of a rocky, Earth-like planet in the 'habitable zone,'' said Michel Mayor, an astrophysicist at Geneva University in Switzerland.
An American expert called the discovery of the tiny planet 'extraordinary.'
Gliese 581 e is only 1.9 times the size of Earth — while previous planets found outside our solar system are closer to the size of massive Jupiter, which NASA says could swallow more than 1,000 Earths.
Gliese 581 e sits close to the nearest star, making it too hot to support life. Still, Mayor said its discovery in a solar system 20 1/2 light years away from Earth is a 'good example that we are progressing in the detection of Earth-like planets.'
Scientists also discovered that the orbit of planet Gliese 581 d, which was found in 2007, was located within the 'habitable zone' — a region around a sun-like star that would allow water to be liquid on the planet's surface, Mayor said.
He spoke at a news conference Tuesday at the University of Hertfordshire during the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science.
Gliese 581 d is probably too large to be made only of rocky material, fellow astronomer and team member Stephane Udry"

what to do on boring sunday's

Hey it's my Ricky Again on the ricky times and i've noticed that evry sunday that i stayed home and become bored so here are some tip's to keep non bored.


1. go to the mall or something instead of going on saturday.

2. go to the movies with some friends.

3. go to the gym.

4.go out dancing.

5.go to a club or bar.

Hi it's me Ricky on the ricky times

and you will never gues what jeffrey jumped me but he was only able to slap me on the back real weak and i'm typing this on my laptop while he chasing me ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah huh huh huh i think i lost him no wait i didn't aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Jefreyies part: Henrick Give me all your money Ricky part: no go away you loser. Jefrey part : you should hav ewished you didn't say that. pow waaaaaaaaaaaaaah waah waah wah that didnt hurt you loser now get out of my way scoot scoot wow he is weak heh heh hehaa ooooooooooowwwwwwwww that really really really hurt Jefrey part: don't ever underrestamate my power's. ricky what power's this isn't star war's and your not darth vader.

Go to fred and Judy's first date by Carritia on You tube. And for all the people that don't know about fred your gonna get the first scope about it from me and tell your friend's if you like the video's.

Ok fred is this by that talk's about random thing's and doe's all these fuuny wierd thing's. He has a crush on this girl named judy that hate's him becuase what happened on the first and only date and kevin is this boy or neaderthal that's what i call him a bully like the big bullyu in my class Jeffery Barret jr mean and obgressive.


and if you want to see all about fred go to youtube.com/fred.

School suck's whyu do you need to leran all the subject's anyway. Like if you want to become a pilot all you need to know is the history science and math. It's not like you need to know every subject.And what's up with homework it's just work from school that you brig home why do have to do if you don't understand it you will probbaly get all wrong.and then the next day you get an F.and then if why didn't have Home work we probbaly won't get but the next day you will probally know how to do it when the teacher explain's and get's further into the lesson.