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Scientists Estimate 40% of Red Dwarfs Have A Rocky Planet

Posted by Unknown on from the next-real-estate-boom dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from Science World Report: "Astronomers hunting for rocky planets with the right temperature to support life estimate there may be tens of billions of them in our galaxy alone. A European team said on Wednesday that about 40 percent of red dwarf stars — the most common type in the Milky Way — have a so-called 'super-Earth' planet orbiting in a habitable zone that would allow water to flow on the surface."

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  1. Re:But only *one* Red Dwarf... by Richard_at_work · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was going to go for the Rimmer shot, personally...

  2. Re:They Further Speculate That... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    they would be given extraordinary supper powers

    Is that like, the ability to create a really tasty dinner or something? Or they just get really fucking hungry in the late afternoon?

  3. But are they cold outside? by mfnickster · · Score: 3, Funny

    With no kind of atmosphere?

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