Thanks to clouds, some 60 billion planets are habitable in Milky Way

03/07/2013 10:41

By Contributor / July 2, 2013

New research that factors in the influence of cloud cover on alien climate has extended the habitable zone around red dwarf stars to include twice as many planets. “Life would be dull if we had to look up at a cloudless monotony all day,” writes Gavin Pretor-Pinney in the Cloudspotter’s Guide. [Read more] ...