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Recently compiled estimates show that billions of worlds orbiting red dwarf-type stars in the Milky Way could meet the necessary conditions to allow for the development of basic lifeforms. The new studies significantly increase our chances of discovering life elsewhere in the Universe.
Another study has recently sho... |
30 April 2012
05:36 GMT |
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Back in 2009, astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics (CfA) announced the discovery of an extrasolar planet that may have an atmosphere filled with water vapor. Now, a study demonstrates that indeed the super-Earth may contain water, despite its close proximity to its parent star.
The object is called GJ1214b, a... |
5 March 2012
10:53 GMT |
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Astronomers have recently discovered that red dwarfs feature much wider habitable zones around them than any other type of star. They are, on average, about 10 to 20 percent the mass of the Sun, and considerably dimmer, but apparently more likely to host a habitable extrasolar planet.
In addition to searching for e... |
24 February 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Officials from the American space agency have just released a new artist's concept of how a three-exoplanet star system would look like if centered on a red dwarf star. These stellar objects have a smaller mass than the Sun, and are also smaller in size.Astronomers have been focusing exoplanet search efforts on ... |
24 October 2011
18:31 GMT |
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Scientists have recently established that habitable zones around red dwarf stars are in fact about 30 percent larger than initially reported. A habitable (or Goldilocks) zone is an area around a star where temperatures are just right to support the existence of liquid water on the surface of an object. Earth lies rig... |
24 October 2011
10:59 GMT |
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Astronomers have provided the first confirmation ever that the extrasolar planet Gliese 581d is indeed habitable. This marks the first time that an exoplanet has received this classification. Other similar objects are only hypothesized to be habitable.The object revolves around the red dwarf star Gliese 581, which is... |
17 May 2011
05:51 GMT |
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The largest Saturnine moon Titan is one of the most interesting objects in the solar system, and now experts say that some of the things which make it unique here may in fact be the norm elsewhere in the Universe. This could be especially true around red dwarfs. In a new study, published in the April 2 online issue o... |
19 April 2011
09:14 GMT |
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The NASA Kepler planet-hunting telescope recently managed to make another impressive finding. Experts were able to use the data it collected to determine the existence of a previously-unknown triple-stars system. It was only through the ultra-precise, space photometry capabilities of this amazing telescope that such ... |
18 April 2011
11:10 GMT |
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According to the conclusions of a new scientific study, it would appear that Sun-like stars around our galaxy harbor alien Earths very often. It is estimated that between 1-in-37 and 1-in-70 of them contain such extrasolar planets in their orbits. Yellow dwarf stars may therefore be the most suitable type of cosmic f... |
22 March 2011
04:52 GMT |
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Astronomers believe that billions, if not trillions, of Earth-like extrasolar planets may be orbiting red dwarf stars. These are the most common stars in the Universe, making up about 80 percent of all cosmic fireballs in the night sky.In recent investigations, experts were also able to find 10-billion-year-old red d... |
14 March 2011
04:51 GMT |
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As the search for alien planets intensifies, astronomers are working hard on determining what the best hunting grounds for such objects may be. From available data, they were able to infer that red dwarf stars may be prime candidates for hosting Earth-like planets in their orbit.If that turns out to be the case in re... |
4 February 2011
05:06 GMT |
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In a new astronomical study conducted to validate a discovery announced in late 2010, experts could not find any signs that the proposed exoplanet dubbed Second Earth actually orbits its alleged parent star, Gliese 581. That is not to say that no exoplanets were found around the object. That system is known for housi... |
19 January 2011
06:04 GMT |
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In a finding that could have considerable implications on the number of exoplanets potentially harboring life forms, researchers determined in a new study that there could be three times more stars in the Universe that initially calculated.The conclusions belong to astronomers who found out that members of a common s... |
2 December 2010
03:00 GMT |
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The international astronomical community was less than a month ago fired up by the release of a study claiming the discovery of the first known habitable exoplanet. New data now suggest that the space body may not exist at all.The extrasolar planet has been dubbed Gliese 581g, because it spins around the red dwarf by... |
13 October 2010
02:53 GMT |
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Experts believe that the possibility of another star existing within our solar system may not be as remote as initially thought. Experts believe that a dark body, several times the mass of Jupiter, may be making its way through our surroundings, at times kicking comets within the inner solar system. The body, called ... |
11 March 2010
11:03 GMT |
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Astronomers are excited at the discovery of a Super Earth-class exoplanet very close to our solar system. The celestial body is about 40 light-years away, and it has already revealed clues that it's able to hold an atmosphere around it. Experts also believe that the structure is almost entirely made out of rock ... |
17 December 2009
03:11 GMT |
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The asterism (pattern) of seven stars that is known as the Big Dipper has recently just received another companion star. It did not receive it per se, as the red dwarf has been at the location for several million years. Astronomers were only recently able to discover it, accompanying a relatively young star known as ... |
10 December 2009
03:45 GMT |
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Recent studies, focused on finding the best hypothetical places where life could exist in the Universe, seem to point out the fact that orange dwarfs are the most suitable locations for the emergence of basic life forms, or maybe even of complex ones. Astronomers say that the habitable zones – as in the areas a... |
7 May 2009
18:21 GMT |
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The quest for life in other parts of the Universe has to start with finding the right star, experts say, referring to the fact that exoplanets need to have an “indulgent neighbor,” if they are to stand any chance of developing an atmosphere, and maybe even liquid water. That is to say, they have to be wit... |
10 April 2009
02:28 GMT |
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