European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday april 26 2007 stars and stripes Page 11 Earth like planet found outside solar system by Seth Borenstein the associated press the first time astronomers have discovered a planet outside our solar system that is potentially habit Able with Earth like tempera Tures a find researchers de scribed tuesday As a big step in the search for life in the uni verse the planet is just the right size might have water in liquid form and in galactic terms is relatively nearby at 120 trillion Miles away but the Star it closely orbits known As a red Dwarf is much smaller dimmer and cooler than our Sun theres still a lot that is unknown about the new planet which could be deemed inhospitable to life once More is known about it and ifs Worth noting that scientists requirements for habitability count Mars in that category a size relatively similar to earths with temperatures that would permit liquid water How Ever this is the first outside our solar system that meets those standards ifs a significant step on the Way to finding possible life in the universe said University of Geneva astronomer Michel mayor one of 11 european scientists on the team that found the planet the results of the discovery have not been published but have been submitted to the journal astronomy and astrophysics Alan Boss who works at the Carnegie institution of washing ton where a us team of astronomers competed in the Hunt for an Earth like planet called it a major Milestone in this business the planet was discovered by the european Southern observe torys Telescope in la Chile which has a special instrument that splits Light to find wobbles in different wavelengths those wobbles can reveal the existence of other worlds what they revealed is a planet circling the red Dwarf Star gliese 581 red dwarfs Are Low Energy tiny stars that give off dim red Light and last longer than stars like our Sun until a few years ago astronomers didst consider these stars As possible hosts of planets that might sustain life the discovery of the new planet named 581 c is sure to fuel studies of planets circling similar dim stars about 80 percent of the stars near Earth Are red dwarfs the new planet is about five times heavier than Earth its discoverers Arent certain if it is Rocky like Earth or if its a Frozen ice Ball with liquid water on the surface based on theory 581 c should have an atmosphere but what s in that atmosphere is still a mys Tery and if if s too thick that could make the planet s surface temperature too hot mayor said however the research team believes the average temperature to be somewhere Between 32 and 104 degrees and that set off celebrations among astronomers until now All 220 planets astronomers have found outside our solar system have had the Goldilocks problem Treyve been too hot too cold or just Plain too big and gaseous like uninhabitable Jupiter the new planet seems just at least that s what scientists think new planet holds possibility for life a planet 205 Light years from our solar system is the first thought to  temperatures and possibly water that could sustain life Gravity 6 time that of earn temperature f to orbit 13 Days unknown if any at All 4 Earth temperature rotation 24 hours Venus go 581 b Mercury g1581 d red Dwarf Star giiese581 sources european organization for astronomical research in the Southern hemisphere Nasa a Rosie Odonnell to leave the View the associated press new York Rosie Odon Neus Stormy tenure on the View will be a Short one the opinionated Host was unable to agree on a contract with Abc and Shell leave the show in june my heeds for the future just didst dovetail with what Abc was Able to offer me Odonnell said in a statement wednesday this has been an amazing experience she said and one i  have traded for the world Odonnell has helped raise the ratings for the daytime Chat show invented by Barbara Walters but her outspokenness has caused Al most constant controversy including a Nasty Nam calling feud with Donald Trump that placed Walters squarely in the Middle i induced Rosie to come Back to television on the view5 even for just one year Walters said she has Given the program new vigor new excitement and wonderful hours of television i can Only be grateful to her for this year despite controversy or maybe because of it Odonnell was Good business for Abc owned by the Walt Disney co ratings for the View during february sweeps were up 15 per cent in key women demographics Over the same time in 2006 Otril Pes your Hometown newspaper Why pay full Price Home delivery Only per week Toli free 0800101 1270 Germany 0800780265 Italy 08000858827 us 080078073 Belgium 08000225203 Netherlands 0900958303 Spain Dan 3498437 email hours of operation of 07001800 Samsun 07301300 european Sta Sand stripes attn circulation dept unit 29480 Apoate 09211