Extrasolar planets

Recall the habitable zone.

http://exoplanets.org/

These detected extrasolar planets fill the entire range between 0.03 AU and 3 (or more) AU. Extrasolar planets all orbit different stars, but most of the host stars are M, K, or G stars. So many of these planets fall within the habitable zones of their planetary systems!

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