#exoplanet — Public Fediverse posts
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[SPIRou + Wapiti => habitable exoplanet] Thanks to the #SPIRou infrared spectrometer on the #CFHT and the implementation of Wapiti, a new method for correcting #disturbances related to the #atmosphere, astronomers have detected an #exoplanet in the habitable zone of an M-type star—11.4 light-years from Earth.
Next-generation instruments will make it possible to determine whether this planet is rocky or not, and whether liquid water is part of its composition.