The discovery of a new Earth-like planet could shed further light on what makes a planet habitable
theconversation.com
The groundbreaking discovery of a temperate Earth-size planet just 40 light-years away may hold the key to understanding stellar habitability.
  • Blaster MEnglish
    19•1 month ago

    Roughly the size of Earth, is in the inner border of the habitable zone, orbiting a red dwarf that’s fairly mild…

    …We’ll see. This planet could end up being an Arrakis

  • Optional
    6•1 month ago

    Mmmmm . . . Not murdering it by burning fossil fuels?

    • Flying Squid
      9•1 month ago

      Ironically, one proposed way of discovering whether or not a planet has advanced life on it is to look for things we’ve created to poison our own atmosphere like CFCs.