Nearby Alien Planets Not So Life-Friendly After All

Friday, April 24, 2015 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

The star Tau Ceti, which lies just 11.9 light-years from Earth, is thought to host five exoplanets, two of which have been posited to be potentially habitable. But a new study throws some cold water on these worlds' life-supporting ability.

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