{"id":196919,"date":"2024-10-02T11:26:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/formation-of-super-earths-is-limited-near-metal-poor-stars-new-study-may-help-the-search-for-life-beyond-earth"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:26:32","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T16:26:32","slug":"formation-of-super-earths-is-limited-near-metal-poor-stars-new-study-may-help-the-search-for-life-beyond-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/formation-of-super-earths-is-limited-near-metal-poor-stars-new-study-may-help-the-search-for-life-beyond-earth","title":{"rendered":"Formation of Super-Earths is Limited Near Metal-Poor Stars \u2014 New study may help the search for life beyond Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/formation-of-super-earths-is-limited-near-metal-poor-stars-new-study-may-help-the-search-for-life-beyond-earth.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of planet formation, finding that after a certain point, planets larger than Earth have difficulty forming near low-metallicity stars.<\/p>\n<p>Using the sun as a baseline, astronomers can measure when a star formed by determining its metallicity, or the level of heavy elements present within it. Metal-rich stars or nebulas formed relatively recently, while metal-poor objects were likely present during the early universe.<\/p>\n<p>Previous studies found a weak connection between metallicity rates and planet formation, noting that as a star\u2019s metallicity goes down, so, too, does planet formation for certain planet populations, like sub-Saturns or sub-Neptunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new study, astronomers report novel evidence regarding the limits of planet formation, finding that after a certain point, planets larger than Earth have difficulty forming near low-metallicity stars. Using the sun as a baseline, astronomers can measure when a star formed by determining its metallicity, or the level of heavy elements present within [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":707,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,1633],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-solar-power"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/707"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}