Exoplanets once trumpeted as life-friendly may not exist
Spots on nearby star could have led to false planet detections
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Gliese 581g, the planet in the foreground of this illustration, may not exist. A new study asserts that the star Gliese 581 (red) hosts only the three other depicted planets, all of which are too hot to sustain life.
Lynette Cook