Habitable Worlds
Habitable worlds or potentially habitable exoplanets news and latest updates on terrestrial planets which can maintain liquid water on its surface with conditions similar to that on Earth.
Habitable Exoplanets Catalog (HEC), Planetary Habitability Laboratory and Circumstellar habitable zone (CHZ) such as Proxima Centauri b, Gliese 667Cc 832c, Kepler 442b 452b 1229b 438b 296e 62e, and Wolf 1061c to name a few ecosphere, liquid-water belt, life zone or Goldilocks zone. Also get answers to some on What is the nearest habitable planet to Earth? What makes planet habitable?
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Jan 10, 2020NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star’s habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface. -
Nov 14, 2019First study to combine 3D climate modeling with chemistry explores M dwarf planets -
Nov 7, 2019Contrary to previous thought, a gigantic planet in wild orbit does not preclude the presence of an Earth-like planet in the same solar system - or life on that planet. -
Oct 14, 2019In a recent paper, Harvard University researchers described a new, lower size limit for planets to maintain surface liquid water for long periods of time, extending the so-called Habitable or "Goldilocks’’ Zone for small, low-gravity planets. -
Oct 13, 2019Its size and surface gravity are much larger than Earth’s, and its radiation environment may be hostile, but a distant planet called K2-18b has captured the interest of scientists all over the world. For the first time, researchers have detected water vapor signatures in the -
Aug 1, 2019Advancing our search for the building blocks of life, the Dragonfly mission will fly multiple sorties to sample and examine sites around Saturn’s icy moon. -
Jul 29, 2019A new paper, published in the journal Icarus, lays out how we may be able to probe the deep waters of Europa from their expression on the surface. -
Jul 29, 2019UC Riverside astrophysicist helps lead exoplanet discovery mission
