7. The Planet from Hell
Gliese 581c is theoretically the most likely to support colonization, except it is one hell of a planet. It is tidally locked to always face the Red Dwarf star which it revolves around, on one side, and is at a distance such that standing on the star-side of the planet will melt you, while stepping on the dark-side will freeze you immediately. In the narrow habitable belt between the two extremes, there are other challenges. The sky is hellishly red since the planet is at the lower frequency end of our visual spectrum, while photosynthesizing plants are subjected to infrared radiation, thus blackening them.
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