circumstellar habitable zone
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Webb Telescope Sees Tantalising Molecular Signals on Possible Water World
The Webb Space Telescope recently turned its focus to a nearby exoplanet and found that it may be a Hycean world, or a world completely covered in a single global ocean, and with a hydrogen atmosphere. And what’s more, the telescope detected a possible detection—note, possible detection, of dimethyl sulphide, a molecule only known to…
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Astronomers Spot Third Possible Planet Orbiting Nearest Star
Proxima Centauri, a tiny star located a mere 4.25 light-years from Earth, may host a third planet, according to new research.
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Unusually Massive Flare From Nearby Star a Bad Sign for Alien Life
Proxima Centauri — the nearest star to our own — has produced one of the most powerful flares on record. The observation is potential evidence that red dwarfs, though plentiful, are inhospitable to life.