A star in the winter sky : Mintaka
Mintaka is the westernmost of the three stars of Orion’s belt, that is the marker of the northern night sky during the winter.
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A star in the winter sky : Mekbuda
The star Mekbuda, in the constellation of Gemini, is a pulsating star. Its pulsating nature allows researchers to obtain more information from it than from a non-variable star.
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A star in the winter sky : Procyon A
Procyon A (in the constellation of Canis Minor) was one of the first solar-type variable stars ever discovered.
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Stellar atmosphere can be used to predict the composition of rocky exoplanets
These results, obtained by researchers from the ExoEarths team at Instituto de Astrofísica e Ciências do Espaço (IA), also allows for a better understanding of the frequency of habitable planets in our galaxy.
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