The discovery of 3 planets, one of which is able to support the living

1:23 p.m. Thursday, August 29, 2019

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Astronomers continue their frenzied quest for exoplanets containing conclusive evidence of a "life" outside our solar system.

Scientists have discovered three new rocky planets the size of the Earth, one of which with a great ability to endure life, gravitating around a star 12 light years from Earth.

The masses of the three exoplanets represent at least 1.4 to 1.8 times that of the Earth and their red dwarf star Gilese 1061 orbits every 3 to 13 days.

The star is 12 light-years away, making it the 20th star close to the solar system and, on the cosmic side, a very close neighbor, according to Russia Today.

The three planets discovered around the red dwarf are called Gliese 1016b, Gliese 1016c and Gliese 1016d.

The outer rocky planet, Gliese 1016 d, would have the most pleasant qualities to live in, located in the habitable stellar region, where temperatures allow the presence of liquid water on the surface.

Unfortunately, red dwarfs such as those around them can be turbulent and strike their environment with stellar and radiological radiation.

This means that if the planet Gliese 1016 d does not bear any life, its star can kill it or make life impossible.

The star Gilese 1061 seems relatively quiet compared to red dwarfs, but that does not mean that it was always like that.