Sorry Star Trek Fans, Tau Ceti Is Not The Next Earth

As the search continues for Earth-size planets orbiting at just the right distance from their star, a region termed the habitable zone, the number of potentially life-supporting planets grows. In two decades we have progressed from having no extrasolar planets to having too many to search. Narrowing the list of hopefuls requires looking at extrasolar planets in a new way. But Tau Ceti already doesn't make the cut. read more

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