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This Star System Contains 5 Potentially Habitable Planets
Astronomers have discovered a new exoplanet that may be habitable 35 light-years from Earth. Named L 98-59 f, it joins four other worlds in the temperate zone of an intriguing planetary system.
A team of astronomers from the University of Montreal has discovered a new potentially habitable exoplanet orbiting the red dwarf star L 98-59, 35 light-years from Earth. The revealing movements of L 98-59 were picked up by two instruments specifically designed for planet hunting: the high-precision HARPS spectrograph, installed on the European Southern Observatory (ESO) telescope, and the ESPRESSO rocky exoplanet spectrograph, which is part of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. “These results confirm L 98-59 as one of the most compelling nearby systems for exploring the diversity of rocky planets, and, eventually, searching for signs of life,” says a statement issued by the University of Montreal.
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