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Astronomers Identify Closest Stars that Could See Earth as Transiting Exoplanet | Astrobiology, Astronomy – Sci-News.com
Using data gathered by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and ESA’s Gaia satellite, a team of U.S. astronomers has identified 1,004 main-sequence…
Using data gathered by NASAs Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and ESAs Gaia satellite, a team of U.S. astronomers has identified 1,004 main-sequence stars that might host potentially habitable Earth-like planets — all within 100 parsecs (about 326 light-years) of Earth — and which should be able to detect Earths chemical traces of life.
Kaltenegger & Pepper identified 1,004 main-sequence stars that might contain Earth-like planets in their habitable zones, which should be able to detect…
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