* The habitable zone is described the distance from a star at which liquid water could exist
* The planet is located about 37 light-years away from the Earth
* The average distance from its central star is 0.05 times the Earth-Sun distance

The search for an Earth-like planet has taken astronomers not just behind our solar system, but also behind the Milky Way Galaxy and a new planet has raised expectations. Astronomers have discovered a Super-Earth located in the habitable zone of its Red Dwarf star.

The only problem is that this planet keeps moving in and out of its habitable zone. However, it still offers hopes of retaining water on its surface and could be an important target for future observation as the James Webb Space Telescope begins science operations.

Ross 508 b was discovered by the Subaru Strategic Program using the infrared spectrograph (IRD) on the Subaru Telescope (IRD-SSP). The discovery is the result of a new focus being put on red dwarf stars which comprise three-quarters of the stars in our galaxy and exist in large numbers in the vicinity of our Solar System.

Living through habitable zone

The habitable zone is described as the distance from a star at which liquid water could exist on orbiting planets’ surfaces. Also known as the Goldilocks zones, where conditions might be just apt for life to flourish, meaning it will be neither too hot nor too cold. Ross 508 b, moves through this Goldilocks zone in its orbit around the star.

The planet is located about 37 light-years away from the Earth, around the star which is one-fifth the mass of the Sun. The planet itself is four times the mass of Earth and the average distance from its central star is 0.05 times the Earth-Sun distance, and it is at the inner edge of the habitable zone.

Researchers maintain that although red dwarfs are important targets for studying life in the Universe, they are difficult to observe because they are too faint in visible light. These stars have low surface temperatures of less than 4000 degrees. The only other star with a habitable planet discovered so far is Proxima Centauri b.

Researchers said that the planet is likely to have an elliptical orbit, in which case it would cross into the habitable zone with an orbital period of about 11 days. "While the current telescopes cannot directly image the planet due to its closeness to the central star. In the future, it will be one of the targets of life searches by 30-meter class telescopes," the team said in a statement.

Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/science/story/super-earth-with-possibility-for-life-discovered-1983719-2022-08-04

Migration
Ain't 10 days a year small for life
Fast and unconditional seasonal for plants to strive,
No plant no life

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Oyibo & their insatiable quest for knowledge!
Can't say same for blackman. An average blackman doesn't give a damn about occurrences outside planet earth. To him, such belong to the gods (or God).

Whitecoal711:
Migration
Ain't 10 days a year small for life
Fast and unconditional seasonal for plants to strive,
No plant no life

And this planet keeps moving in and out of the habitable zone sef. Abeg make these people leave us alone o, make we find way elect people wey go make Nigeria habitable next year.

All these mumu mumu things never stop


Abeg God is still in control

He is still in the business of doing things science and man can't comprehend......


Jesu, Oya gbemi debe... I want to trabaye in the Holy ghost

Africans are short sighted, not futuristic and unambitious in their quest for anything.
Often, they are more concerned about the "now" and nothing else safe corruption and all the bad stuffs you can mention.

Quest7777:
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Oyibo & their insatiable quest for knowledge!
Can't say same for blackman. An average blackman doesn't give a damn about occurrences outside planet earth. To him, such belong to the gods (or God).

Just imagine if the Agbado coroner should visit this planet with his tourist visa, by 3months time, we will be hearing a new song from his urchins.

But will the Agbado coroner survive 3months in this new planet?

Like this now, o for Dey claim 2,500 years old if I be inhabitant for super earth, omo

I use to wonder that if there are billions of stars in our milky way and each star has many planets.

Somehow or other, there must be a planet somewhere located in a suitable distance from it's star such that there will be intelligent beings like us.

Our milky way has between 100 to 400 billion stars(ie suns)

And there are billions of milky ways each one having billions of stars.


That means there should be sufficiently many planets with intelligent beings like our Earth.


God cannot create so vast a universe and then create life in only one place.


He is a living God and He creates living things throughout His universe and not only on this Earth.