Aug 20, 2015 11:17 PM
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/201...ature.html
EXCERPT: "There are far-reaching implications for this discovery," said Tiago Campante, [...] who led the research. "We now know that Earth-sized planets have formed throughout most of the Universe's 13.8 billion year history, which could provide scope for the existence of ancient life in the Galaxy. By the time the Earth formed, the planets in this system were already older than our planet is today. This discovery may now help to pinpoint the beginning of what we might call the "era of planet formation."....
EXCERPT: "There are far-reaching implications for this discovery," said Tiago Campante, [...] who led the research. "We now know that Earth-sized planets have formed throughout most of the Universe's 13.8 billion year history, which could provide scope for the existence of ancient life in the Galaxy. By the time the Earth formed, the planets in this system were already older than our planet is today. This discovery may now help to pinpoint the beginning of what we might call the "era of planet formation."....