Knock-Knock, anybody home?........................
Cool
Furthest individual star ever spotted is 28 billion lt-yrs away. Not 9.
A planet being of a size like earth means very little when it comes to “life”.
It’s star is a Red Dwarf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_dwarf
“Red dwarfs are very-low-mass stars.[15] As a result, they have relatively low pressures, a low fusion rate, and hence, a low temperature. The energy generated is the product of nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium by way of the proton–proton (PP) chain mechanism. Hence, these stars emit relatively little light, sometimes as little as 1⁄10,000 that of the Sun, although this would still imply a power output on the order of 1022 watts (10 trillion gigawatts or 10 ZW). Even the largest red dwarfs (for example HD 179930, HIP 12961 and Lacaille 8760) have only about 10% of the Sun’s luminosity.[16] In general, red dwarfs less than 0.35 M☉ transport energy from the core to the surface by convection. Convection occurs because of opacity of the interior, which has a high density compared to the temperature. As a result, energy transfer by radiation is decreased, and instead convection is the main form of energy transport to the surface of the star. Above this mass, a red dwarf will have a region around its core where convection does not occur.[17]”
That is just the bare beginning of how different, compared to the sun-earth relationship, is the relationship between the “exo-planet” and its star, and the conditions that imparts as to “life” there or not.
But “science” venues love to produce click bait to help support their ad revenue.
i thought our sun was the most common star in the galaxy?
Yet again the "possible life on exoplanets" spin continues. The most common star turns out to be an ultracool red dwarf star, from which the article pontificates, "This type of star can live 100 times longer than our Sun, making it a prime target in the search for life in the galaxy."
But later the article admits the "Earth-sized planet" orbits so close to the star, a complete revolution occurs every 17 hours. The planet is very likely tidally locked so that one side is always facing the star. This is not conducive for any life on such a planet, much less intelligent life.
If we could only go and see it.
Isn’t “dwarf” a racist, homophobic transphobic insensitiuve term? Should they be called circumferencely challenged stars instead?
Curious how all these eclipsing planets have orbits that miraculously align with our satellites.