US EditionAstronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Earth-Like Planet Just 35 Light-Years Away
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Scientists find temperate planet in nearby system full of rocky worlds
A tiny red star not far from Earth is turning out to be a heavyweight in the search for rocky worlds.Nestled just 35 light-years away in space, the star L 98-59 is home to a tight-knit pack of exoplanets, including one that now appears to orbit at just the right distance to harbor liquid water. Using data from NASA’s TESS space telescope and a pair of high-precision instruments in Chile, scientists led by the Université de Montréal have confirme…
A team of astronomers from the Trottier Institute for Exoplanets Research (IREx), University of Montreal, Canada, has just completed the most detailed study so far of the planetary system surrounding L 98-59, a red dwarf star from the nearby southern constellation of Volans (the Flying Fish), just under 35 light years from Earth. The new analysis, moreover, has confirmed the existence of a fifth planet right in the middle of the star's habitable…
Astronomers Discover Potentially Habitable Earth-Like Planet Just 35 Light-Years Away
Scientists have confirmed a potentially habitable fifth planet in the nearby L 98-59 system, revealing a diverse collection of rocky worlds that could harbor water or volcanic activity. A research team from the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) has completed the most detailed investigation yet of the planetary system surrounding L 98-59, a [...]
A planet revolves around its star 35 light years away from us and a Quebec team managed to characterize it for the first time.
A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting star L 98-59, 35 light years from Earth. With this finding, the star system already adds five confirmed exoplanets in the so-called “temperate” region, positioning itself as one of the systems with the greatest number of bodies with the possibility of harboring liquid water. This new exoplanet, now identified as ‘L 98-59 f’, manage…
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