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Vale Middle School –– Could ‘Goldilocks’ Planet Be Just Right For Life?

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The star Gliese 581 is a dwarf, about one-third the strength of our sun. Because

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of that, it can't be seen without a telescope from Earth, although it is in the Libra

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constellation, Vogt said. But if you were standing on this new planet, you could

easily see our sun, Butler said. The low-energy dwarf star will live on for

billions of years, much longer than our sun, he said. And that just increases the

likelihood of life developing on the planet, the discoverers said. "It's pretty hard

to stop life once you give it the right conditions," Vogt said.

Borenstein, Seth. "Could Goldilocks Planet Be Just Right For Life?" Associated

Press. 29 Sept, 2010. Available:

1. Explain the title of the article. Why is the author referring to ‘Goldilocks’ when discussing astronomy?

2. What are you thinking? Does life exist on this planet? Would it be similar to life on Earth? Explain in a

paragraph.

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