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 ...
European researchers based in Geneva discovered the planet “E” in the Gliese 581 solar system after four years of observations from the La Silla observatory’s 3.6-meter ESO telescope and the ...
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 ...
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.