The search for extraterrestrial life is one of the most exciting frontiers of modern science. Thanks to recent discoveries of exoplanets like Gliese 581 g, Kepler-22 b, Kepler-186 f, and Kepler-452 b, ...

Following the latest estimation, Gliese 581 would be 7 Gyr-old. The purple bars surrounding planets Gliese 581 c and d illustrate the variable distance to the star caused by the eccentricity of ...

A rocky alien planet called Gliese 581d may be the first known world beyond Earth capable of supporting life as we know it, a new study suggests.

Larger image Based on the articles \u001AThe habitability of super-Earths in Gliese 581\u001A by von Bloh et al. and \u001AHabitable planets around the star Gliese 581?\u001A by Selsis et al., […] ...

The Gliese 581 star has about 30 percent the mass of our sun, and the outermost planet is closer to its star than the Earth is to the sun. The 4th planet, G, is a planet that could sustain life.

Remember Gliese 581g?The potentially habitable “second Earth” 20 light years away, also known as Zarmina?It’s been looking dicey for a while, as many astronomers questioned its very existence.

Discovered in 2007, Gliese 581c is the second planet discovered in the Gliese 581 system, and the third planet from its host star. The star is a red dwarf, the smallest type of hydrogen-burning ...

But this week at an International Astronomical Union meeting, doubts were raised about the existence of this exciting new planet said to be orbiting the star Gliese 581. IE 11 is not supported.

It orbits a relatively small star, Gliese 581, that is 20 light-years from Earth in the constellation Libra. “By determining the orbit of this planet, ...

Gliese 581 is a red dwarf star a mere 20 light years way; it’s one of the closest stars in the sky to us. Two different teams of astronomers, one Swiss and one American, ...

The Gliese 581 system: Worlds of possibilities. Gliese 581d's parent star, known as Gliese 581, is a red dwarf located 20 light-years from Earth, just a stone's throw in the cosmic scheme of things.

KHQ.COM- A rocky alien planet called Gliese 581d may be the first known world beyond Earth capable of supporting life as we know it, a new study suggests. Astronomers performing ...