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(SCOOP) M Dwarfs Particularly Promising for Life-hosting Planets [Nature]

A pair of just-released statistical studies of the universe suggest numerous habitable planets exist in our Galaxy, with one study suggesting a life-friendly planet within 20 light years of our Solar System. From my Nature article, Small stars host droves of life-friendly worlds, that broke news of this latter study, which used data from NASA’s Kepler telescope

Credit: Dana Berry/NASA Kepler Mission
Credit: Dana Berry/NASA Kepler Mission

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