Scientists have reported discovering a new and earthlike planet that could just be right towards supporting life. As much as life is yet to be discovered as possible in the planet, from the outside it shows high signs of its support. The planet is about 20 light years away from our planet, known as Gliese 581G and might be one of the magnanimous discoveries of our current life. Some people have already started thinking it might be the landing spot of human life after leaving earth.

For some time it will not be easy for the planet to be visited and checked whether it could support life though the fact that the planet is within our radars suggests how far technologically our planet has come. Scientists are currently able to study Gliese 581G for clues on whether it is a planet plausible for inhabiting and if it potentially could be done some day. While the planet hardly rotates, it revolves around its star, meaning that a part of the planet has been heat baked by the star, while another part of the same discovery is meshed in perpetual shade.

Scientist have hopes that in case the planet could host life like happens on earth, it will be along a slightly shaded region in the planet’s middle, a place where it has been discovered to not be too cold or too hot.
That is the place where life is believed to potentially survive in the right given situation. In the history of the earth, it is the first time ever that a planet closely resembling earth in many counts has been put in our scientists’ radar.

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