{"id":26494,"date":"2022-10-21T14:22:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=26494"},"modified":"2022-10-21T14:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T13:22:40","slug":"new-discovery-could-reduce-number-potentially-habitable-planets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/new-discovery-could-reduce-number-potentially-habitable-planets\/26494\/","title":{"rendered":"New discovery could reduce the number of potentially habitable planets"},"content":{"rendered":"
Researchers <\/span>have found that <\/span>there might be fewer habitable planets <\/span>than<\/span> first thought<\/span>, due to <\/span>an Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf appearing to have no atmosphere.<\/span><\/h2>\n
New research has revealed that an Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf, the most common type of star in the Universe, appears to have no atmosphere. This discovery has shown that there could be fewer habitable planets than currently thought, which has the potential to trigger a significant shift in searching for space creatures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
As M dwarfs are all over the Universe, this breakthrough means that a large number of planets that orbit these stars could also lack atmospheres and are thus unlikely to possess life. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n