Doubt cast on existence of habitable alien world

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - 09:30 in Astronomy & Space

Last month, astronomers announced the discovery of the first potentially habitable extrasolar planet. But this week at an International Astronomical Union meeting, doubts were raised about the existence of this exciting new planet said to be orbiting the star Gliese 581.

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