Daily Archives: 30 September 2010

Stacked assumptions identify first “habitable zone” exoplanet ─ Gliese 581g 0

Gliese 581g Planet Gliese 581g is one of six orbiting Gliese 581, an M (red) dwarf star about 20 light years from Earth. Steven S. Vogt et al. identified the planet after 11 years of observation. Citation Steven S. Vogt et al., The Lick-Carnegie Exoplanet Survey: A 3.1 M Planet in the Habitable Zone of [...]