“A massive exoplanet discovered orbiting a nearby dwarf star is well positioned for next-generation telescopes to search for signs of life”
“The discovery of a possible “super-Earth” less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an international team including researchers from Penn State. They dubbed the exoplanet, named GJ 251 c, a “super-Earth” as data suggest it is almost four times as massive as the Earth and likely to be rocky planet.”
mkomaha on
Super Earth? The feeling of managed democracy is just growing stronger.
ergzay on
It’s worth mentioning that objects in the habitable zone of red dwarfs are basically all thought to be tidally locked to the host star meaning one side always faces the star and is super hot and the other side is in eternal night and is frozen solid. And even if there was sufficient atmosphere to circulate the heat, they’re likely so radiation blasted by the red dwarf (which tend to be very active with solar flares bright enough to blast the surface with radiation) which basically sterilizes the surface.
SirKillsalot on
Red dwarf makes it very unlikely for a planet to maintain life supporting conditions. And a planet of this size could have too much gravity for complex life/ civilization.
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“A massive exoplanet discovered orbiting a nearby dwarf star is well positioned for next-generation telescopes to search for signs of life”
“The discovery of a possible “super-Earth” less than 20 light-years from our own planet is offering scientists new hope in the hunt for other worlds that could harbor life, according to an international team including researchers from Penn State. They dubbed the exoplanet, named GJ 251 c, a “super-Earth” as data suggest it is almost four times as massive as the Earth and likely to be rocky planet.”
Super Earth? The feeling of managed democracy is just growing stronger.
It’s worth mentioning that objects in the habitable zone of red dwarfs are basically all thought to be tidally locked to the host star meaning one side always faces the star and is super hot and the other side is in eternal night and is frozen solid. And even if there was sufficient atmosphere to circulate the heat, they’re likely so radiation blasted by the red dwarf (which tend to be very active with solar flares bright enough to blast the surface with radiation) which basically sterilizes the surface.
Red dwarf makes it very unlikely for a planet to maintain life supporting conditions. And a planet of this size could have too much gravity for complex life/ civilization.