Hunting for Hidden Life on Worlds Orbiting Old, Red Stars

Hunting for Hidden Life on Worlds Orbiting Old, Red Stars Ithaca NY (SPX) May 18, 2016 - All throughout the universe, there are stars in varying phases and ages. Planetary diversity suggests that around other stars, initially frozen worlds could be the size of Earth and provide habitable conditions once the star becomes older. The oldest detected Kepler planets (exoplanets found using NASA's Kepler telescope) are about 11 billion years old. Our Sun is currently 4.6 billion yea ... more

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