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May 17, 2011 04:05 pm

Gliese 581d Confirmed as 'Habitable' Exoplanet

An anonymous reader writes "A rocky world orbiting a nearby star was confirmed as the first planet outside our Solar System to meet key requirements for sustaining life." The "key requirements" was actually a Starbucks- astronomers were pretty surprised to find out that they like their coffee burnt on Gliese 581d too.

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