Beta CVn - the first star in whose system it is worth looking for intelligent beings, it is a question of five stars that a Carnegie researcher wants to focus on as part of the search for life in the universe
Scientists have been listening to radio signals from other solar systems in hopes of locating civilizations other than our own.
Margaret Tumbull at the Carnegie Center in Washington, DC looked at criteria such as the age of the parent star in the system and the amount of iron in its atmosphere. The best candidate she says is beta CVn, a star similar to our Sun 26 light years away. She completed the list of the five best candidates with the goal of creating an initial catalog of 129 habitable star systems.
The planets in question:
The scientist published her articles at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in St. Louis, USA.
