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To: Red Badger
"Earth-sized Planet Orbiting 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.

10 posted on 05/22/2024 8:31:54 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Carl Vehse

Also, Red Dwarf stars are prone to powerful eruptions of heated plasma called flares, which can blast orbiting planets with X-rays, ultraviolet light, and a stellar wind (gush of charged particles). These flares are equivalent to more than 100 million atomic bombs.

Which makes ‘life’ kinda difficult...............


13 posted on 05/22/2024 8:38:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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