IRVINE, California, Oct. 24 (TNSjou) -- The University of California Irvine campus issued the following news release: * * * UC Irvine astronomers discover nearby exoplanet in habitable zone The team found that the surface may have liquid water on its surface - a necessary ingredient for life * The work identifies an ideal target planet for the in-development Thirty Meter Telescope. * The planet in question may be rocky like Earth and a few times more massive. * NASA and National Science Fo  more