Another Earth could be 'in our backyard'
ABC Science - Thu 7 Feb 13RED DWARF WORLD: Earth like planets capable of hosting life could be much closer than we think, says scientists.
RED DWARF WORLD: Earth like planets capable of hosting life could be much closer than we think, says scientists.
Researchers find that 6% of red dwarf stars host habitable, Earth-sized planets - meaning the closest may be just 13 light-years away.
Using publicly available data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found that six percent of red dwarf stars have habitable, ...
Earth-like planets are right next door, SpaceDaily - Sun 10 Feb 13A habitable exoplanet should be near enough for future telescopes to probe its atmosphere for signs of life
After researchers surveyed data from the Kepler mission tasked with identifying possibly habitable planets outside our solar system they found that 6% of red dwarfs – the most common type ...
An Earth-like planet may reside right in our solar system's backyard, just 13 light-years or so away.
Closest 'Alien Earth' May Be 13 Light-Years Away, SPACE.com - Wed 6 Feb 13About 6 percent of the galaxy's red dwarf stars host Earth-like planets, a new study suggests.
4.5 billion 'alien Earths' may populate Milky Way, FOXNews - Wed 6 Feb 13Our galaxy is teeming with billions of planets very much like our own, a new research suggests – many of them circling a star similar to our Sun. Earlier research suggested that if you ...
There's probably an Earth-sized planet with a comfortable temperature as little as 13 light years away, data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope implies. read more
Red Dwarf Newest Ally In The Search For Habitable Planets like Earth. David A. Aguilar (CfA)A fresh look at planetary data from the Kepler space telescope provides new leads for Earth-like exo-planets. ...
The nearest Earthlike planets could be just 13 light-years away, putting them in our cosmic "back yard", astronomers have claimed.
Researchers at Harvard have identified three planets orbiting red dwarf suns that could potentially support human life much closer to home than they thought they would find such bodies
Earth-like planets could be all around us - and some may harbour life more advanced than on Earth, astronomers believe.
About 6% of nearby "red dwarf" stars may host Earth-like planets, say astronomers.
Data from NASA's Kepler mission suggests that 6% of nearby red dwarf stars should have at least one Earth-sized world in the zone where life as we know it can exist. Such planets may have life ...
According to Kepler data, the nearest 'Earth-like' exoplanet may be within 13 light-years from Earth.
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A new analysis of data from NASA's Kepler space telescope indicates that many red dwarf stars have habitable, Earth-sized planets, raising the prospect that the closest Earth-like planet could ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Six percent of red dwarf stars, the most common stars in our galaxy, have habitable planets, meaning an Earth-like planet could be nearby, U.S. astronomers ...
Astronomers say there could be as many as 4.5 billion Earth-like planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way galaxy, and the nearest of them could be practically next door, in cosmic terms. Scientists ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Earth-like worlds may be closer and more plentiful than anyone imagined....
Closest Earth-like planet "stroll across park", R&D Mag - Thu 7 Feb 13Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 12, 2013 Researchers from the Pennsylvania State University (USA) have proposed new borders of the habitable zone for earth-type planets. Using as a basis the ...
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 08, 2013 Using publicly available data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics estimate that six percent of ...
Washington (AFP) Feb 6, 2013 Scientists looking for habitable planets may not have to stray far from our galactic neighborhood, said a new study Wednesday, which calculated an Earth-size ...
Using publicly available data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomers have found that six percent of red dwarf stars have habitable, Earth-sized planets. Since red dwarfs are the most ...