The planet is in the "Goldilocks zone" of space around a star where surface temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to form.

这颗行星幸运的位于其恒星附近的“可居住带”，地表温度适中，这使液体水的形成成为了可能。

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One of those, which travels on a 13-day orbit, seems too hot for liquid water.

Kasting说其中一颗绕行周期为13天，对于液态水太热了。

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Exoplanet hunters announced a new world orbiting in its dim star's habitable zone, the not-too-hot, not-too-cold region where liquid water is stable and life could potentially find a foothold.

太阳系外行星搜索者宣布发现了一个新行星，环绕其遥远恒星的可居住带运行，这一区域既不太热，也不太冷地区有稳定的液态水，有可能成为生命的一个立足之地。

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Astronomers call the most promising of these places "Goldilocks planets, " because they orbit in a temperate zone not too hot and not too cold to support liquid water essential for carbon-based life as we know it.

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