Earthlike

"Earthlike," with its connotations of oxygenated vistas of blue and green.

NYT > Home Page 2010

As you can see, for aliens looking for 'Earthlike' planets, the actual Earth was easy to overlook for most of its history.

Centauri Dreams 2009

And yet, while our telescopes can see Earthlike planets more than 20 light-years into the intergalactic abyss, we humans can't seem to get past the moon, a sterile rock orbiting just 238,000 miles from Houston.

NASA's plans for manned expedition to Mars may include solar-powered spacecraft Brian Palmer 2011

Scientists have discovered the first confirmed Earthlike planet outside our solar system, they announced Wednesday.

POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: September 17, 2009 2009

The new challenge is to characterize them much better, especially the smaller Earthlike planets expected to be discovered in the years ahead.

First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

And yet, while our telescopes can see Earthlike planets more than 20 light-years into the intergalactic abyss, we humans can't seem to get past the moon, a sterile rock orbiting just 238,000 miles from Houston.

NASA's plans for manned expedition to Mars may include solar-powered spacecraft Brian Palmer 2011

The discovery that such "circumbinary" planets can exist increases the likelihood of success of the Kepler Mission, which is to detect the first habitable; i.e., Earthlike, planets around other stars.

SETI Institute: First Planet Orbiting Two Stars Discovered by the NASA Kepler Spacecraft SETI Institute 2011

This is from a story set on a colony from Earth on another planet, centuries after Earthlike racial distinctions have ceased to have meaning for them.

Describing Characters of Color, pt. 2 « 2009

The discovery that such "circumbinary" planets can exist increases the likelihood of success of the Kepler Mission, which is to detect the first habitable; i.e., Earthlike, planets around other stars.

SETI Institute: First Planet Orbiting Two Stars Discovered by the NASA Kepler Spacecraft SETI Institute 2011

And yet, while our telescopes can see Earthlike planets more than 20 light-years into the intergalactic abyss, we humans can't seem to get past the moon, a sterile rock orbiting just 238,000 miles from Houston.

NASA's plans for manned expedition to Mars may include solar-powered spacecraft Brian Palmer 2011