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Old stars may be the best places to search for life, new study suggests

New Orleans LA (SPX) Jan 11, 2024 - In 1995, Swiss astronomers Michael Mayor and Didier Queloz announced the first discovery of a planet outside our solar system, orbiting a distant Sun-like star known as 51 Pegasi. Since then, more t

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Old Stars May Be Prime Locations for Finding Alien Life

New studies reveal that older stars have weaker magnetic braking, suggesting that they might be prime locations for finding alien life. Once upon a cosmic time, scientists assumed that stars apply an eternal magnetic brake, causing an endless slowdown of their rotation. With new observations and

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Old stars may be the best places to search for life

Old stars may be the best places to search for life
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Stars Don t Slow Down with Age like Astronomers Thought

Middle-aged stars hit cruise control, stifling their magnetic fields and resisting the slowdown that scientists expected

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This is Lucy, the largest diamond in the universe exceeding the size of the Moon

This is Lucy, the largest diamond in the universe exceeding the size of the Moon
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