The mystery of cosmic oceans and dunes
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 20, 2015 - Simulations by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University indicate that Earth-like planets are more likely to be found orbiting Sun-like stars rather than lower-mass stars that are currently targeted, in terms of water contents of planets. The search for habitable planets currently focuses on so-called M dwarfs - stars with less than half the mass of the Sun. Thes ... more

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