In contrast, Gliese 12 is an unusually inactive red dwarf, meaning its planets face much less harmful conditions. What makes Gliese 12 b particularly intriguing is its size and location.

Over the next few years, Gliese is going to become a household name. Ceres, the dwarf planet that lives in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is being photographed up close for the first ...

The planet has the decidedly unsexy name Gliese 411b — Gliese 411 being the name of the star it orbits, and “b” being the unique label for the world itself — but what it lacks in a cool ...

Gliese 12 b, which orbits a cool, red dwarf star located just 40 light-years away, promises to tell astronomers more about how planets close to their stars retain or lose their atmospheres.

Following the latest estimation, Gliese 581 would be 7 Gyr-old. The purple bars surrounding planets Gliese 581 c and d illustrate the variable distance to the star caused by the eccentricity of ...

Gliese-581d is one of five planets to be discovered orbiting red dwarf star Gliese 581. It is bigger than 581g, with a mass at least seven times Earth's and twice as big in size. The planet orbits ...

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