Gliese 12 b, a Venus-sized world located just 40 light-years away, presents a promising target for studying planetary atmospheres and potential habitability.
A newly discovered exoplanet, with its remarkably temperate surface temperature, is suddenly one of the most intriguing objects in our immediate celestial neighborhood. This rocky Venus-sized world transits a red dwarf star, offering astronomers the rare opportunity to study whether such planets can retain their atmospheres and potentially support life.
initially detected the planet by observing its transits, which are periodic dips in starlight caused by the planet passing in front of its host star. These observations were then followed up with more precise measurements from CHEOPS, which helped refine the planet’s orbital period and radius. The combined data from
and CHEOPS allowed the researchers to calculate the equilibrium temperature by assessing the amount of starlight the planet receives and its distance from the star. The project was a collaborative effort between teams from the University of Southern Queensland, the University of Edinburgh, and the Astrobiology Center at the University of Tokyo. The significance of this discovery extends beyond our solar system.
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