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'Habitable' planet GJ 581d previously dismissed as noise probably does exist
'Habitable' planet GJ 581d previously dismissed as noise probably does exist
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A new report has dismissed claims made last year that the first super-Earth planet discovered in the habitable zone of a distant star was 'stellar activity masquerading as planets.' The researchers are confident the planet named GJ 581d, identified in 2009 orbiting the star Gliese 581, does exist, and that last year's claim was triggered by inadequate analysis of the data.