A discovery that links stellar flares with radio-burst signatures will make it easier for astronomers to detect space weather around nearby stars outside the Solar System. Unfortunately, the first weather reports from our nearest neighbour, Proxima Centauri, are not promising for finding life as we know it. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-12-space-weather-discovery-habitable-planets.html…
Tag: habitable planets
Our galaxy has 300 million habitable planets
A new NASA study has revealed just how many potentially habitable worlds there are in our galaxy. As things stand, the Earth is the only known example… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/340800/our-galaxy-has-300-million-habitable-planets…
There could be up to 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way
Half the stars similar to the sun in our galaxy could host an Earth-like rocky planet that gets enough light to potentially support life Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2258911-there-could-be-up-to-5-billion-habitable-planets-in-the-milky-way/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
There could be around 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way
Half the stars similar to the sun in our galaxy could host an Earth-like rocky planet that gets enough light to potentially support life Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2258911-there-could-be-around-5-billion-habitable-planets-in-the-milky-way/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
How many habitable planets are out there?
Thanks to new research using data from the Kepler space telescope, it’s estimated that there could be as many as 300 million potentially habitable planets in our galaxy. Some could even be pretty close, with several likely within 30 light-years of our Sun. The findings will be published in The Astronomical Journal, and research was a collaboration of scientists from NASA,…
Super-Earth exoplanets often have giant ‘Jupiter’ bodyguards
Planetary systems with both super-Earths and Jupiter-type planets may be common, according to a new study. As in our own solar system, the giant planets would act as “bodyguards” protecting the smaller planets from asteroid impacts. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/super-earth-exoplanet-giant-jupiter-bodyguard…