{"629266":{"#nid":"629266","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Alien hunters might want to look first to planets like Star Wars\u0027 Tatooine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA new\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4357\/ab46b5\u0022\u003E study \u003C\/a\u003Efrom Georgia Tech astrophysicists \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.billyquarles.com\/\u0022\u003EBilly Quarles\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/gongjie-li\u0022\u003EGongjie Li\u003C\/a\u003E may have you seeing double \u0026mdash; as in twin suns hovering over an alien exoplanet landscape. The researchers placed a (theoretical) duplicate of Earth inside so-called binary, or two-star, systems, and ran simulations on planetary axis tilts. The results indicate the planets would have tilts similar to Earth\u0026#39;s, which bodes well for habitable climates that could potentially support alien life. There are a lot of multiple-star systems out there, so the study may boost the number of exoplanets that could harbor life. In addition to this CNET story, the study has also been covered in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-7705683\/Scientists-claim-nine-ten-Twin-Earths-distant-star-systems-harbour-complex-life.html\u0022\u003EDaily Mail Online\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.king5.com\/video\/tech\/science\/amaze-lab\/exoplanet-study-boosts-case-for-alien-life-just-not-near-our-solar-system\/609-a90eb5d0-5fe4-4523-9aef-f412a824506e\u0022\u003E King5 News\u003C\/a\u003E in Seattle, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/science\/1206569\/alien-life-exoplanet-axis-tilt-study-astrobiology-space-news-alpha-centauri-a\u0022\u003EExpress.co.uk\u003C\/a\u003E. Li is an assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, while Quarles, the study\u0026#39;s principal investigator, is a research scientist in Li\u0026#39;s lab.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2019-11-22 18:03:12","changed_gmt":"2019-11-22 18:05:31","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Raphael Warnock","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.cnet.com\/news\/real-life-versions-of-star-wars-tatooine-may-be-best-to-check-for-aliens\/","dateline":{"date":"2019-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-11-20T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"177416","name":"Gongjie Li"},{"id":"181631","name":"Billy Quarles"},{"id":"170509","name":"exoplanets"},{"id":"183149","name":"habitable systems"},{"id":"183150","name":"binary systems"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}