GLIESE 581D: AN EXOPLANET FIT FOR HUMANS?

 THE GIST

·        * Gliese 581d is the fourth exoplanet to be discovered orbiting a red dwarf star called Gliese 581.

·         *Astronomers have calculated the world orbits within the star's habitable zone.

·         *Although it might be suitable for human habitation in the future, we would need a breakthrough in propulsion technology to get there.

(May 21, 2011) Judgment Day

The 2011 end times prediction is a prediction made by Christian preacher Harold Camping that the Rapture (in Christian belief, the taking up into heaven of God's elect people) will take place on May 21, 2011 and that the end of the world as we know it will take place five months later on October 21, 2011. These predictions were made by Camping, president of the Family Radio Christian network, who claims the Bible as his source. Believers claim that around 200 million people (approximately 3% of the world's population) will be raptured.