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Planet GJ1214b remembered

Commentable: March 8, 2012
Back in December of 2009 I noted the discovery of a particular exoplanet that might have water, which would make it a candidate for an ‘Earth-like’ planet and therefore a candidate for having life. [SciTechStory: Another Earth: Will we even remember the planet GJ1214b?] I wondered if it’s completely forgettable name would have any meaning [...]
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HARPS finds a batch of 50+ new exoplanets

News: Exogenous Life    September 12, 2011
Punch up the numbers, add more than fifty planets to the count of those that potentially could harbor life, bringing the total almost to 700. These new exoplanets were discovered by the HARPS (High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher) at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The announcement, at the Extreme Solar System conference in [...]
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Update: Doubts about Gliese 581g

News: Exogenous Life    October 12, 2010
Just last week buzz about discovery of a planet far far away that might have life reverberated beyond the science community into the world at large. SciTechStory: Another Gliese 581 exoplanet most potentially habitable yet SciTechStory: This is an update: Gliese 581g is a fertile temptress The planet, known by the enchanting name Gliese 581g, [...]
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A spate of exoplanets

News: Exogenous Life    August 27, 2010
The search for planets outside the solar system that could (repeat, could) harbor life goes on at a faster pace. The big gun is the Kepler Space Telescope, which in part was designed to look for terrestrial-like planets, and is now coming into the full stream of operation. Kepler scientists reported on Thursday (August 26, [...]
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