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Closest Temperate World Orbiting Quiet Star Discovered

By Richard Hook | ESO on Nov 15, 2017 Science/Education

A team working with ESO’s High Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS) at the La Silla Observatory in Chile has found that the red dwarf star Ross 128 is orbited by a low-mass exoplanet every 9.9 days. This Earth-sized world is expected to be temperate, with a surface temperature that may also be close to […]

‘Mirage Earth’ Exoplanets May Have Burned Away Chances for Life

By Peter Kelly | University of Washington on Dec 4, 2014 Featured, Science/Education

Planets orbiting close to low-mass stars — easily the most common stars in the universe — are prime targets in the search for extraterrestrial life. But new research led by an astronomy graduate student at the University of Washington indicates some such planets may have long since lost their chance at hosting life because of […]