Hot super-Earths could host life after all

Hot super-Earths could host life after all

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At up to 15 times the mass of Earth, the rocky bodies are bigger and easier to spot than Earth-sized worlds, which have yet to be detected. In fact, technological advances recently led to the discovery of up to 45 new super-Earths, and astronomers say a third of all Sun-like stars may host the brawny planets.

This effect still wouldn't offset the intense heat the planets would experience at close distances to Sun-like stars. But it means super-Earths could potentially host life as close as 0.05 astronomical units away from dim stars known as red dwarfs, which make up about 85% of the stars in the galaxy

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Well Drake's equation just got a whole lot more interesting if you can rgeatly expand the habitable zone to include a vast number more solar systems. I find this very exciting news, although not altogether surprising. My personal view is that life is prolific in this universe.

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