Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a red dwarf—a star cooler than the sun—500 light-years away. Because such stars make up three-quarters of all stars in the Milky Way, the finding could open a wide new hunting ground for extraterrestrial life.

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Bhattacharjee Y (2014) Almost-Earth Tantalizes Astronomers With Promise of Worlds to Come. Science 344:249.
[doi:10.1126/science.344.6181.249]
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