Revision of Bibliography Three

Extended Bibliography Three

Neil Greenfieldboyce, “NASA detects potential ‘Habitable Zone’ planets.” National Public Radio. February 2, 2011. http://www.npr.org/2011/02/02/13344318/An-Update-On-The-Hunt-For-Earth-Like-Planets. February 13, 2011

                In this article, Neil Greenfieldboyce, is talking about how one of NASA’s telescopes may have found around 1,200 new planets in the atmosphere, and many of them are in the “habitable zone” and could potentially be earth-like. These potential planets could have some type of life on them, much like the earth, due to the location of the planets.

                NASA has goals to keep up on their research and would like to try to prove whether this speculation is true or not! These potential planets could be much like earth and may contain some-kind of life, but none of this can be proven until researchers get into more detail with these planets, and are able to tell whether these speculations are correct. If these planets are proven to be actually in the atmosphere, will it allow researchers to become much more educated on what kind of life there could potentially be out there and would allow others to learn about what other types of planets/life there are outside of the earth. This would also allow many varieties of students throughout the world to become more educated about what really is outside the earth’s atmosphere.

                According to this article, the purpose of the research on these potential planets is for scientists and other researchers to be able to become more familiar with what other life/land features there are out in the solar system that we really don’t know about. This will help inform the people around the world that the earth really may not be the only planet with life form on it. As more research goes on, and people become more educated with these “other planets” they may be able to help educate young students about other life forms that could potentially exist and could lead these students into becoming more interested in the research of these potential planets and could eventually help in their studies.

                How could there be 1,200 planets in the solar system that we really don’t know about? How did researchers come upon this find? How can researchers prove that these are true, existing planets in the atmosphere? How could finding other planets with different forms of life on them allow students become more interested in the study of the atmosphere? How does this subject pertain to the Discovery Center?