Two Nearby Earth-Like Worlds Found in The Sweet Spot For Life to Survive : ScienceAlert.
In the search for life on other planets, a couple of promising leads have just opened up: Astronomers have identified two worlds with Earth-like masses, sitting in the habitable zone around a red dwarf star called GJ 1002.
The habitable zone around a star is the sweet spot between a planet being too hot or too cold to support life.
To be in this zone, planets must be orbiting their star at a distance where, theoretically, there could be liquid water on their surface.
“GJ 1002 is a red dwarf star, with barely one-eighth the mass of the Sun,” says astrophysicist Vera Maria Passenger from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) in Spain.
“It is quite a cool, faint star.
This means that its habitability zone is very close to the star.”
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While we’re a long way from confirming alien life or even running water yet, GJ 1002b and GJ 1002c are ticking all the boxes so far – and at a mere 16 light-years away from our Solar System, they’re close to where we are in the Universe, astronomically speaking.
Foreign [Music] Earth Lake worlds found in the sweet Spot for life to survive science Alert In the search for life on other planets A couple of promising leads have just Opened up astronomers have identified Two Worlds with Earth-like masses Sitting in the habitable zone around a Red dwarf star called gj1002 the Habitable zone around a star is The Sweet Spot between a planet being too Hot or too cold to support life to be in This Zone planets must be orbiting their Star at a distance where theoretically There could be liquid water on their Surface gj1002 is a red dwarf star with Barely 1 8 the mass of the sun says Astrophysicist Vera Maria passenger from The Instituto de astrophysica de Canarias ayak in Spain it is quite a Cool faint star this means that its Habitability zone is very close to the Star to stay up to date with latest top Stories make sure to subscribe to this YouTube channel by clicking the button Above this video while we're a long way From confirming alien life or even Running water yet GGA 1002b and Gj1002c are ticking all the boxes so far And at a mere 16 light years away from Our solar system they're close to where We are in the universe astronomically Speaking two space gazing instruments
Espresso a shell spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanets and stable spectroscopic Observations and Carmines killer Alto High resolution search for M Dwarfs with Xorets with near-infrared and Optical HL Spectrographs had to be used in tandem To spot the star and its planets that's Because the faint late coming off gj1002 Required instruments of great Sensitivity and precision to recognize Its signatures the research team used 139 spectroscopic observations deep Space radiation measurements taken Between 2017 and 2021 to spot the Planets so far we don't know much about These celestial bodies except where They're located Gj10002b is closest to its star and Takes just over 10 days to complete an Orbit GG A1002c is further out with an orbit of Just over 20 days the good news is that The relatively close proximity of Gj10002b and gj1002c means that more Detailed observations are easier to do The next step will be to assess their Atmospheres based on either the light They reflect or the heat they give off The future Andes spectrograph for the L Telescope at ESO in which the ayak is Participating could study the presence Of oxygen and the atmosphere of Gj1002c says astrophysicist John a i Gonzalez Hernandez from iacc we're now
Up to a total of 5000 exoplanets planets Outside our Earth that have been Observed as telescopes and data Crunching algorithms get better we can Spot objects that are smaller and Further away from Earth thanks to these Improvements in technology we're getting Closer to being able to measure the Chemical signatures of Life on these Distant planets even though they're Light years away through space nature Seems bent on showing us that earth-like Planets are very common says Astrophysicist Alejandro Suarez Mascareno from ayak with these two we Now know seven in planetary systems Quite near to the Sun the research has Been published in astronomy and Astrophysics [Music]
