Of the 1,800 extraterrestrial planets discovered, less than 20 are capable of supporting life, and the nearest among them, Gliese 581, is 20.4 light-years away. And that's life of any kind. According ...

Gliese 581, located 20 light years away from Earth in the constellation Libra, has a somewhat checkered history of habitable-planet claims. Two previously detected planets in the system lie at the ...

An encouraging detail about Gliese 581g for those expecting to discover extraterrestrial life is the prediction that the planet may have an atmosphere. Additionally, the predicted age of its star, ...

The social-networking site Bebo beamed a digital time capsule into outer space today. Bebo users hope to connect with extra terrestrial life. The BBC’s Gabriel Gatehouse reports from the site of the ...

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Other possible matches may circle Gliese 581, a red dwarf star that lies 20 light-years from Earth. Up to five planets may orbit this star, and three of them may be super-Earths in the star’s ...

The play of light over the oceans of Gliese-581 that they will never see. The dreams of their brothers and sisters, columns of flesh rising to the pinnacle of the ship.

In particular, we learn about the red dwarf star Gliese 581, which was once thought to have a family of six planets orbiting it, with two of those – Gliese 581g and d – inside its temperate or ...