Inside The 24/7 Search For Another Habitable Planet Within 100 Light Years Of Earth

[caballerodiez]

Hi,

Forbes just published an article about the Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2019/11/25/inside-the-247-search-for-another-habitable-planet-within-100-light-years-of-earth/#149fbf103442

I hope you find it interesting!

We welcome any type of observatory to join us.

Cheers!

[Gargamel]

Moved to S&S

[Mitchz95]

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Why the focus on G, K and M-type stars?  

“They’re the stars that are most likely to host exoplanets with water on their surface because they don’t flare,” says Caballero. “If a star flares, it can damage the atmosphere of the exoplanets.”

M-types are flare stars, aren't they?

Edited November 27, 2019 by Mitchz95

[Wjolcz]

2 hours ago, Mitchz95 said:

M-types are flare stars, aren't they?

Yep. Funnily, there are better stars than M-types and the Sun that could potentially have Earth-like planets and they are the K-types.

[RealKerbal3x]

So we’re looking for a class-M planet, right?

[Spaceception]

On 11/27/2019 at 9:49 AM, Mitchz95 said:

M-types are flare stars, aren't they?

Many are. I think some can be fairly calm... for a red dwarf at least.

Regardless, I think it's a good idea to look for life in places we don't expect it. If it can survive there, it can survive almost anywhere.
Then the immediate problem after that is around the Fermi paradox, and perhaps the great filters.