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From my very naive understanding, isn't there a belief that habitable planets are a bit more rare than we thought? Since most stars are red dwarves, the tidal
by snapetom 6y ago
From my very naive understanding, isn't there a belief that habitable planets are a bit more rare than we thought? Since most stars are red dwarves, the tidal locking zone overlaps the Goldilocks zone. Neither the abstract nor the phys.org article mentions tidal locking.
And don't forget the nasty flares that tend to fire up from red dwarves, either.
- forgotpwd16 6y agoYes, the article (and most articles of the kind; from what I've read) don't take into considerations those dynamical and astrophysical features. They search for Earth-sized terrestrial planets in a zone where liquid water can exist on their surface ("habitable" zone). Nevertheless even determining the abundance of those planets is an ongoing problem.