Goldilocks search for life as new British study claims 1 in 20 stars could have planets that might support life. They have designated any region which contains such planets as the “Goldilocks” region, according to Canadian National Post, p13, April 2, 2004. Since the mid 1990’s astronomers have claimed to find 105 planets which cannot […]
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Earth-Like Planet Could Have Evolved Life
Earth-like planet could have evolved life, according to reports in BBC News, Science (AAAS) News, ScienceDaily and Nature News 24 August 2016, and Nature, 2016; doi: 10.1038/nature19106. An international team of astronomers led by Guillem Anglada-Escudé, from Queen Mary University, London, claim to have identified a planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to our […]
Impossible Planet with Three Suns
“Impossible planet” with three suns reported in news@nature, ScienceNOW, 13 July 2005 and BBC News, 18 July 2005. Maciej Konacki of the California Institute of Technology has found a planet associated with a star known as HD 188753 in the constellation Cygnus (the Swan) 149 light years away. However, as ScienceNOW writer Govert Schilling puts […]