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The star, Proxima Centauri, is a tad nearer to Earth and is a red dwarf, the most common kind of star.
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Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016
Likely prevalent on Earth well before the advent of plant-type photosynthesis, such bacteria could be primed to thrive on planets that circle cooler red dwarf stars – the most common type in our galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
However, many of the thousands of exoplanets scientists have identified so far orbit red dwarfs, which makes their presence likely; planets orbiting red dwarfs have a higher chance of being inhabitable, according to NASA.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 June 2024
Research from 2013 suggested that as many as 4.5 billion potentially habitable planets may orbit around red dwarfs in our galaxy, but evidence to support this has been scant to non-existent.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024
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Ann Finkbeiner, Scientific American, 22 Dec. 2016
Likely prevalent on Earth well before the advent of plant-type photosynthesis, such bacteria could be primed to thrive on planets that circle cooler red dwarf stars – the most common type in our galaxy.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
However, many of the thousands of exoplanets scientists have identified so far orbit red dwarfs, which makes their presence likely; planets orbiting red dwarfs have a higher chance of being inhabitable, according to NASA.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 13 June 2024
Research from 2013 suggested that as many as 4.5 billion potentially habitable planets may orbit around red dwarfs in our galaxy, but evidence to support this has been scant to non-existent.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 May 2024
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