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 javamanjoe rated 7 months ago- Cool. Space. Astronomers have for some time pinned the Alpha Centauri system as one that was likely to form planets, said study co-author Gregory Laughlin, a UCSC professor.
"I think that there's been a good line of evidence over the past decade or so," Laughlin told SPACE.com.
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- javamanjoe rated 7 months ago
- Cool. Space. Astronomers have for some time pinned the Alpha Centauri system as one that was likely to form planets, said study co-author Gregory Laughlin, a UCSC professor.
"I think that there's been a good line of evidence over the past decade or so," Laughlin told SPACE.com.
Several factors mark the system, particularly Alpha Centauri B as friendly to planet formation, Laughlin said. The metallicity of Alpha Centauri B (or how much of its matter is made up of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium) is higher than our Sun's, so there would be plenty of heavier-mass material for planets to form from, he said.
- KnowItAllsRock rated 7 months ago
- Earth may have a twin orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors, a new study finds.
- disgruntledlogik rated 7 months ago
- Just one step closer to star-wars people, lets keep up the good work.
- Omiros rated 7 months ago
- Earth may have a twin orbiting one of our nearest stellar neighbors, a new study suggests.University of California, Santa Cruz graduate student Javiera Guedes used computer simulations of planet formation to show that terrestrial planets are likely to have formed around one of the stars in the Alpha Centauri star system, our closest stellar neighbors."
- smasharolla rated 7 months ago
- Yay, blank page! How informative...
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