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Flying fauna over Gliese 581 c

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: a-exo99-30038

Image Size 300 DPI: 32 * 25 cm

Flying life forms grace the crimson skies of the potentially earth-like extrasolar planet Gliese 581 c. The red dwarf star Gliese 581 rests on the horizon, presiding over a liquid water sea. Eclipsing the red dwarf is Gliese 581 b, a sister planet in the same system with a mass 17 times that of the Earth. While the existence of all three bodies has been confirmed, it is not known if Gliese 581 c has all the necessary ingredients to support life as we know it.

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2007 - ALIEN - ASTRONOMY - EARTH-LIKE PLANET - EXOPLANET - EXTRASOLAR PLANET - EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE - FAUNA - GL 581C - GLIESE 581 - GLIESE 581B - GLIESE 581C - ILLUSTRATION - LIBRA - PLANET - RED DWARF - SATELLITE - SOIL - STAR - WATER -