#Sun's Twin Discovered lying only 200 light-years away that would be an ideal target to search for an extraterrestrial civilization.

John Wiggins

Apr 28, 2012  -  Public

There are 10 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy that are the same size as our sun. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that astronomers have identified a clone to our sun lying only 200 light-years away. Still, it is fascinating to imagine a yellow dwarf that is exactly the same mass, temperature and chemical composition as our nearest star. In a recent paper reporting on observations of the star — called HP 56948 — astronomer Jorge Melendez of the University of San Paulo, Brazil, calls it 'the best solar twin known to date.' Using HP 56948 as a SETI target seems like a logical step, says Melendez.

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Astronomers have identified a twin to our sun lying only 200 light-years away that would be an ideal target to search for an extraterrestrial civilization.

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