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To: Red Badger
This artist's impression shows the planet K2-18b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system.M. Kornmesser / ESA/Hubble
3 posted on 09/11/2019 12:59:50 PM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Red Badger
orbits a red dwarf star close enough to receive about the same amount of radiation from its star as Earth does from our sun.

Meaning, it's a tidally-locked "hot Jupiter". Likely not any life there, but of course WE WILL NEVER KNOW.

28 posted on 09/11/2019 3:14:24 PM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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