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A diverse cast of rocky worlds around a small star revealed by Montreal astronomers

A diverse cast of rocky worlds around a small star revealed by Montreal astronomers

A team led by the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) at the Université de Montréal has achieved the most precise study to date of the L 98-59 planetary system, and confirmed the existence of a fifth planet in the star’s habitable zone, where conditions could allow liquid water to exist. Volcanic planets, a sub-Earth, and a water world Charles …

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