Newly discovered planet may be just right for supporting life

The search for Earthlike planets circling other stars is heating up, but the latest discovery is not too hot at all. It's not too cold, either. Instead, the temperature on the newly announced planet Kepler-22b could be just right for life &mdash; about 72 degrees, a perfect spring day on Earth.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CxL29ouwIeA:BjhEOWwxDsk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CxL29ouwIeA:BjhEOWwxDsk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=CxL29ouwIeA:BjhEOWwxDsk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CxL29ouwIeA:BjhEOWwxDsk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.denverpost.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?a=CxL29ouwIeA:BjhEOWwxDsk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/dp-news-topstories?i=CxL29ouwIeA:BjhEOWwxDsk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/dp-news-topstories/~4/CxL29ouwIeA" height="1" width="1"/> [More]

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