Tuesday, 28 May 2024

Gliese 12

According to the NASA blogs, they have recently discovered a planet going around the red dwarf  star Gliese 12.  The planet is believed get more light from it's star than Earth but less than Venus. 
Gliese is bright for a red dwarf, about half the Brightness of our sun and surprisingly stable. The planet called Gliese 12 B is believed to be a rocky planet with a similar mass to Earth, it may also have a thick atmosphere and liquid water on the surface.