Matthew Holman of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics found new activity in outer space. He has not confirmed if it is a planet or not however he with the help of NASA's Kepler satellite reported that they may have spotted a planet close to the size of Earth about 2,000 light years away. It also appears to have Earth like temperature's as well which means it could have life. NASA is looking at more than 700 candidate planets that show that there are galaxies that are similar to the solar system that we live in. Scientist all over the world are researching and studying this candidate planet with hopes of learning more about this Earth like planet.
Chang, Kenneth. "Telescope Detects Possible Earth-Size Planet."
The New York Times. 26 August 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/science/space/27planet.html?_r=1&ref=science
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