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Potentially habitable super-Earth K2-3d observed transiting parent star

28 November 2016 Astronomy Now

A group of researchers has observed the first ground-based transit observation of K2-3d — a potentially Earth-like extrasolar planet supposedly within the habitable zone around a bright M-dwarf host star 147 light-years away — using the multi-band imager MuSCAT on the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory’s 1.88-metre telescope.

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  • Witness to history: Artemis II, lunar exploration and hope
    2 April 2026
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    25 March 2026
  • XRISM solves gamma-Cas’s 50-year X-ray mystery
    24 March 2026
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    16 March 2026
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    26 January 2026

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