Space Daily September 01, 2026 • 14:23

A blistering lava world and a larger planet sitting in the habitable zone have been confirmed orbiting the same red dwarf 337 light-years away, a rare pairing that has put the system near the top of astronomers' list for probing whether an alien world can hold an - Space Daily

The discovery could finally let scientists test whether distant worlds can hang onto their atmospheres—or lose them to the stellar winds of their parent stars.

Two planets, orbiting the same M-dwarf star, both physically well-suited to atmospheric spectroscopy with existing and upcoming instruments, and both flagged as high-priority targets in their respect… [+8141 chars]

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A blistering lava world and a larger planet sitting in the habitable zone have been confirmed orbiting the same red dwarf 337 light-years away, a rare pairing that has put the system near the top of astronomers' list for probing whether an alien world can hold an - Space Daily

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