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Three-hundred sextillion stars: Who wants to bet against life on other planets?

News: Exogenous Life    December 1, 2010
Life: In part it’s a numbers game. The possibility of life on other planets (or moons, or other space objects) presumably increases with greater numbers. This is the quantitative argument. So, when Yale University (USA) scientists led by Pieter van Dokkum used updated information on the composition of star-types that make up other galaxies than [...]
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This is an update: Gliese 581g is a fertile temptress

Spun: October 1, 2010
In case you hadn’t seen the news: A planet has been discovered – Gliese 581g (a bewitching name) – in orbit around a red dwarf (not the UK version) at ‘just the right distance’ (called the Goldilocks Zone because it’s not too hot and not too cold) to support life. [Here’s SciTechStory’s post: Another Gliese [...]
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Another Gliese 581 exoplanet: “Most potentially habitable yet”

Impact: Exogenous Life    September 30, 2010
The first planet orbiting the red dwarf star Gliese 581 was discovered in 2005. Since then, five more have been added. There are now three planets in this system with the tag “could be habitable.” The most recently verified is Gliese 581g, which has the distinction of sitting more or less in the middle of [...]
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