Head for the Stars: Has "New Earth" been discovered?

          According to an article written by Terrence Aym, there has been a new discovery of a planet, named Gliese 581g, with alien life. Scientists say that there is a 100 percent chance of life being on this planet that is 20 light years away from the Earth. Scientist, Professor Steven Vogt, estimates at least 10 to 20 percent of all planets in the universe have some sort of life form on it. According to Vogt's estimation, there is 40 billion planets that has a type of an alien life form out of the 200 billion in the whole Milky Way. Gliese 581g does not rotate at all, so one side of the planet is always dark at below -200 degrees Fahrenheit, while the side facing the red dwarf is at most 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Otherwise, this planet is very capable of supporting life.
          This article is related to our research because recently in the beginning of school, we had talked about alien life forms outside of our planet. This article supports the fact that there are many possibilities of extraterrestrials. I found this article very interesting because I was shocked that there was real evidence of the capability of aliens living on other planets. Before I had read this, I didn't believe so much about extraterrestrials. But ever since this has caught my attention, it makes me wonder. What if we encounter other life forms from other planets?

http://www.helium.com/items/1973199-steven-vogt-declares-new-planet-gliese-581g-has-life

-M L