Published in Nature Communications · View the paper (DOI)
An international team of astronomers has developed a new system to directly image exoplanets in the habitable zone of nearby stars, potentially harboring life. Using mid-infrared imaging and adaptive optics, they captured images of planets about three times the size of Earth within habitable zones around Alpha Centauri A and B.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- A new way to look for life-sustaining planets University of Arizona · Feb 10, 2021 · first to report
- A new method to search for potentially habitable planets University of Liège · Feb 10, 2021