Study Reveals Abundance of Earth-Like Exoplanets Orbiting Low-Mass Stars

Study Reveals Abundance of Earth-Like Exoplanets Orbiting Low-Mass Stars

In a groundbreaking study led by astronomers at Heidelberg University, new insights into the planet-hosting capabilities of low-mass stars have emerged. The research is rooted in an extensive analysis conducted through the CARMENES project. This project, which stands for Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Networked Observatories, has focused on observing M-dwarfs—stars that are less than half the mass of our Sun. These low-mass stars have bee…

An Earth-like Density For The Temperate Earth-sized Planet GJ 12b - Astrobiology

While JWST has provided us with the opportunity to probe the atmospheres of potentially-habitable planets, observations of the TRAPPIST-1 system have shown us that active stars severely complicate efforts at studying their planets. GJ 12b is a newly-discovered temperate (Teq ~ 300 K), Earth-sized (Rp = 0.96 +/- 0.05 Earth radii) planet orbiting an inactive […] The post An Earth-like Density For The Temperate Earth-sized Planet GJ 12b appeared fi…