Scientists: Earth-like planet could be just 13 light-years away

Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass., said Wednesday morning that an "Earth-like" planet -- that is, a small rocky planet warm enough to have liquid water on its surface and potentially capable of hosting life -- could be as close as 13 light-years away.

By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times

February 6, 2013