BREAKING: New potentially habitable exoplanet found only 12 light years away

Astronomers have discovered a potentially habitable exoplanet around Teegarden's Star.

Teegarden is an old red dwarf star 12 light-years away in the Aries constellation.

The exoplanet found, called Teegarden b, has a minimum mass almost identical to Earth.

It orbits within the star's habitable zone.

And it has a 60% chance of having a temperate surface environment.

Surface temperature should be closer to 28°C assuming a similar terrestrial atmosphere.

Teegarden b is the exoplanet with the highest Earth Similarity Index discovered so far: 95%.

This means that it has the closest mass and insolation to terrestrial values.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNGXerXGnjo

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Reply 1

BeetRoots

We need to get there asap and ruin it with as much CO2 and plastic waste as possible. Why? It's what we do to planets.

goldilocks

Oh wow, another rock in the sky!!! how useful

Reply 4

username4750714

Original post by InsaneTekkers

Oh wow, another rock in the sky!!! how useful

Why are people so close minded? They discover a planet 100 trillion miles way and all you can do is moan about " usefulness".Even if it didn't have the potential to answer some of humanity's most profound questions it would still be fascinating in it's own right.

Reply 5

username3729202

Very interesting, thank you! :grouphugs:

Original post by alberto91

Reply 6

Napp

Original post by James2312

Probably because its hardly breaking news its there. It's hardly a secret the sky it dotted with more than a couple of planets...

Reply 7

singzeon

But what makes this planet, amongst many others, is that it is most suitable for habitation. Was that not the main point?

Original post by Napp

Probably because its hardly breaking news its there. It's hardly a secret the sky it dotted with more than a couple of planets...

Reply 8

username4750714

Original post by Napp

Probably because its hardly breaking news its there. It's hardly a secret the sky it dotted with more than a couple of planets...

It's still interesting.For all we know that planet could be just like earth with alien civilisations and majestic cities.Even if it's not that's still intriguing because the planet is 8 billion years old.Earth is only 4.If it's habitable then it should have alien life on it.If it doesn't then it would tend to suggest this planet is rather unique and by extension life itself is unique.Really the entire cosmos should be teeming with life yet we hear nothing at all when we listen for radio signals.

Reply 9

xDron3

With current technology it take thousands of years to reach there, people underestimate the distance of "a light year".

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Reply 10

Marsharko

Original post by singzeon

But what makes this planet, amongst many others, is that it is most suitable for habitation. Was that not the main point?

Too bad we will all be dead before anyone gets there.

Reply 11

username4750714

Original post by xDron3

With current technology it take thousands of years to reach there, people underestimate the distance of "a light year".

Not entirely true.There are methods to send unmanned probes there.We could definitely do it if we weren't so focused on blowing each other to pieces.For example one concept involves using a vey powerful laser to accelerate a micro-spacecraft to very high speeds.Another developed in the 1960's involves using nuclear explosions via nuclear pulse propulsion.But there are obvious issues with that.Nuclear rockets are probably the way forward.And even if we cant go there we should feasibly be able to image them directly in the future.

Reply 12

username4750714

Original post by Sharmarko

Too bad we will all be dead before anyone gets there.

To be fair if you were travelling fast enough you could travel all of the galaxy in a single human lifetime due to the effects of time dilation.Everybody-else would be dead of course but you'd be fine.

Reply 13

the bear

the great thing about these other inhabited/inhabitable planets is that we will never get our grasping claws on them. that is a source of great consolation to myself. there are numberless planets with unimaginable lifeforms flourishing on them and none have been contaminated by H sapiens.

Reply 14

xDron3

I'm aware that solar sails exist, but I doubt for a very long time we will see any way of using that as a means of transport rather than sending a network of probes there. Even so it would take around 40 years (I think it's 30% the speed of light isn't it?) unharmed and untouched. Either way it's still exciting

Original post by James2312

Reply 15

InsaneTekkers

It's pointless and people people who stare into the sky sweating profusely as soon as they spot a little dot in the sky are not using their time well.

Original post by James2312

Reply 16

username4750714

Original post by InsaneTekkers

It's pointless and people people who stare into the sky sweating profusely as soon as they spot a little dot in the sky are not using their time well.

Oh yeah.You ever hear of GPS? You know that thing which requires General relativity to work? That thing invented by a man contemplating the sky.People also said the same thing about electricity.Getting educated is never a waste of time.