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January 19, 2016

The habitability of other worlds
Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Jan 19, 2016
How much we weigh on a planet depends on its surface gravity. Gravity is an important parameter for stars as well, and changes drastically over the course of a star's lifetime, providing information on its age and stage of evolution. Since the stars in the night sky appear only as small spots of light, this value is very difficult to measure. A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Gottingen, the University of Vienna and from Canada, France and Australia hav ... read more

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