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Earth-sized exoplanets in the habitable zones of their stars may not only be common but relatively close by: Earth-like Planets Are Right Next Door – Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Cambridge, MA – 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-sized planets. Since red dwarfs are the most common stars in our galaxy, the closest Earth-like planet could be just 13 light-years away.<\/p>\n

“We thought we would have to search vast distances to find an Earth-like planet. Now we realize another Earth is probably in our own backyard, waiting to be spotted,” said Harvard astronomer and lead author Courtney Dressing (CfA).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This artist\u2019s conception shows a hypothetical habitable planet with two moons orbiting a red dwarf star. Astronomers have found that 6 percent of all red dwarf stars have an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone, which is warm enough for liquid water on the planet\u2019s surface. Since red dwarf stars are so common, then statistically the closest Earth-like planet should be only 13 light-years away.<\/em>
\nCredit: David A. Aguilar (CfA)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Earth-sized exoplanets in the habitable zones of their stars may not only be common but relatively close by: Earth-like Planets Are Right Next Door – Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics\u00a0 Cambridge, MA – 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 … Continue reading Earth-like exoplanets all around us<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-7B","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8781,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8781","url_meta":{"origin":471,"position":0},"title":"Video: Earth-size planets in habitable zones of cool stars","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 10, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In this SETI Institute talk, Elisa Quintana talks about Earth-Sized Planets in the Habitable Zones of Cool Stars: http:\/\/youtu.be\/XzvGKvCv1OU Caption: Abstract: A primary goal of the Kepler mission is to determine the frequency of Earth-sized planets in the habitable zones of other stars. 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