This Isn’t Just Another Rocky World Orbiting a Red Dwarf. This One’s Special

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This artist's illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting a dim red dwarf star. There are many unanswered questions about the survival of atmospheres on rocky world around M-dwarfs like this. Astronomers have found a red dwarf with an orbiting rocky exoplanet that is so well-understood it can serve as a benchmark for studies of exoplanet atmospheres. NASA/ ESA/ CSA/ Joseph Olmsted (STScI)/ Webb Space Telescope.

Rocky planets are found in abundance around M-type stars (red dwarfs), so finding another one doesn’t always generate headlines. But an international team of astronomers say that one recent M-dwarf rocky planet found by TESS is especially noteworthy. This one can serve as a benchmark for comparative studies of this type of exoplanet and their at-risk atmospheres.

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