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A Potentially Habitable World Just 40 Light-Years From Earth

A Potentially Habitable World Just 40 Light-Years From Earth

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star located just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how ...

New Types of Stars – “Old Smokers” and Erupting Protostars – Discovered in the Milky Way

New Types of Stars – “Old Smokers” and Erupting Protostars – Discovered in the Milky Way

Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes

Astronomers, through a decade-long infrared survey, have discovered a new type of elderly giant star and numerous protostars in the Milky Way. ...