Not in the habitable zone, however . . . Here are the announcements, in increasing order of "technicality":
(1) Popular-level from 'Bad Astronomer" Phil Plait: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/10/16/alpha-centauri-has-a-planet/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BadAstronomyBlog+%28Bad+Astronomy%29 or http://snipurl.com/25bmv59 (2) The ESO announcement: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1241/(3) Copy of the article to appear in today's issue of NATURE for those who want all of the technical details:
http://www.eso.org/public/archives/releases/sciencepapers/eso1241/eso1241a.pdf _______________________________________________ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
