Newly discovered planet may have water on its surface

A team of astronomers that includes the University of Hawai?i' at Manoa's Nader Haghighipour has announced the discovery of a planet that could have liquid water on its surface.

The planet, which is probably 30 percent larger than Earth, was discovered using one of the telescopes of the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea. It orbits a relatively small star, Gliese 581, that is 20 light-years from Earth in the constellation Libra.

"By determining the orbit of this planet, we can deduce th [...]

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