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Newly Discovered Planet L 98-59 f May Support Life

7/23/2025

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A groundbreaking discovery by researchers at the Université de Montréal has unveiled L 98-59 f, a fifth potentially habitable planet in the L 98-59 system, just 35 light-years from Earth. By harnessing data from multiple telescopes, the team achieved remarkable accuracy in determining the sizes and masses of these rocky worlds, deepening our knowledge of planets orbiting red dwarf stars.

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A groundbreaking discovery by researchers at the Université de Montréal has unveiled L 98-59 f, a fifth potentially habitable planet in the L 98-59 system, just 35 light-years from Earth. By harnessing data from multiple telescopes, the team achieved remarkable accuracy in determining the sizes and masses of these rocky worlds, deepening our knowledge of planets orbiting red dwarf stars.