Thanks Ron;
Interesting isn't it ?
I don't believe this statement is supportable (that's an opinion !… got to slow down on these … I've been giving a few lately
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According to Yale's Professor Pieter van Dokkum, who led the research, the discovery also increases the estimate for the number of planets in the Universe and therefore greatly increases the likelihood of life existing elsewhere in the cosmos.
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.. until they've discovered another instance of exo-life, the above quote is merely speculation.
I do like the sounds of this of this one, though (another opinion) ..
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The findings also help to account for what astronomers describe as the "missing mass" in the Universe.
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Wouldn't it be terrific if all this 'darkness' stuff turned out to be attributable to measurement technology inaccuracies !!
Classic stuff !
… and a good one to finish off with … a 'plug' for the telescope developers .. the best cause of all !! (another opinion):
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Finding red dwarfs in other galaxies is quite something and shows how far we've come with the latest generation of large telescopes.
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Good 'down-to-earth' article supporting real-life observational astronomy !
Very interesting.
Cheers & Rgds.