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Posted on 4/16/20 at 1:18 pm
Posted on 4/16/20 at 1:18 pm
A new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters reveals that astronomers have found a new world around a distant star that’s almost the same size as Earth—and it orbits in its star’s “habitable zone.”
Kepler-1649c is also now the most similar exoplanet yet found to Earth in terms of both size and temperature.
“In terms of size and likely temperature, this is the most similar planet to Earth that has ever been found with Kepler,” said co-author Jeff Coughlin at the SETI Institute. “It's incredible to me that we just found it now, seven years after data collection stopped on the original Kepler field.”
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Posted on 4/16/20 at 1:24 pm to Trumansfangs
What's all the red? More Covid hotspots?
Posted on 4/16/20 at 1:27 pm to Trumansfangs
Neat. If we can get the warp drive going we can terraform this into a habitable planet. Only 75% of earth's sunlight and not knowing if it has a magnetosphere or atmosphere could be problems but hell if we have a warp drive we can solve that too!
This post was edited on 4/16/20 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 4/16/20 at 4:06 pm to Trumansfangs
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It orbits an orbits a M-type star that’s not visible from Earth, called Kepler-1649. An M-type star is a low-mass star also known as a “red dwarf,” which are by far the most common stars found in the Milky Way.
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Red dwarf stars are known for having one deadly characteristic; they can occasionally flare, something that would drape any orbiting planets in enough radiation to make life very unlikely.
Posted on 4/16/20 at 6:41 pm to blueridgeTiger
The authors also argue that the identification of Kepler-1649c hints that terrestrial planets around M-dwarfs may be more common than those around more massive stars.
“The more data we get, the more signs we see pointing to the notion that potentially habitable and Earth-sized exoplanets are common around these kinds of stars,” said Vanderburg. “With red dwarf stars almost everywhere around our galaxy, and these small, potentially habitable and rocky planets around them too, the chance one of them isn’t too different than our Earth looks a bit brighter.”
"This intriguing, distant world gives us even greater hope that a second Earth lies among the stars, waiting to be found," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "The data gathered by missions like Kepler and our Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite [TESS] will continue to yield amazing discoveries as the science community refines its abilities to look for promising planets year after year."
“The more data we get, the more signs we see pointing to the notion that potentially habitable and Earth-sized exoplanets are common around these kinds of stars,” said Vanderburg. “With red dwarf stars almost everywhere around our galaxy, and these small, potentially habitable and rocky planets around them too, the chance one of them isn’t too different than our Earth looks a bit brighter.”
"This intriguing, distant world gives us even greater hope that a second Earth lies among the stars, waiting to be found," said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. "The data gathered by missions like Kepler and our Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite [TESS] will continue to yield amazing discoveries as the science community refines its abilities to look for promising planets year after year."
Posted on 4/19/20 at 11:20 am to Trumansfangs
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The new world is 302 light-years away in the constellation of Cygnus. It orbits an orbits a M-type star that’s not visible from Earth, called Kepler-1649.
Regrettably it’s probably tidally locked to its star.
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