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Habitable Zone Explained: The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ Where Life-Friendly Planets May Exist
The habitable zone, or “Goldilocks zone”, is the region around a star where conditions allow liquid water to exist. Varying with star type, this zone is key in the search for life. Earth’s location in the Sun’s habitable zone has made life possible, and astronomers seek similar rocky exoplanets in other systems to explore the possibility of...
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Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
A new study proposes that life may exist far from sunlight in a “radiolytic habitable zone” deep beneath the icy surfaces of Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. Cosmic rays, which can penetrate rock and ice, break water molecules apart to release hydrogen, oxygen, and energy-rich electrons. These can fuel microbes in subsurface water, much like bacter...
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Scientists Discover Possible "Ocean World" 100-Light Years Away From Earth
A team of researchers have recently discovered a planet about 100 light years away from Earth that they believe could be completely covered in water. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the planet - called TOI-1452 b - is believed to be 70% larger than Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperature...
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NASA Planet Hunting Satellite TESS Finds Earth-Sized World in 'Goldilocks Zone'
NASA's planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.
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New 'Goldilocks' For Habitable Planets Found?
The search for habitable, alien worlds needs to make room for a second "Goldilocks," according to a new study which suggests that simply being in the habitable zone is not sufficient for planets to support life.
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Closest 'Potentially Habitable' Planet Found 14 Light Years Away
Astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system, orbiting a star just 14 light years away.
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'Nasa Closer Than Ever to Finding Earth's Twin'
Two of the eight planets recently spotted are the most Earth-like of any known planets found so far outside our solar system.
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Eight New Planets Found in Possible Life-Bearing Zones
Eight new planets have been found orbiting their stars in the so-called "Goldilocks zone," neither too hot nor too cold for water and possibly life to exist, astronomers said on Tuesday.
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The oceans will evaporate, but not anytime soon
Those are the conclusions of a new study into the so-called Goldilocks zone -- the distance from a star at which water on a rocky planet can exist as a liquid rather than as permanent ice or vapour.
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Earth-like planet found
A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It's a bit too big. The planet's confirmation was announced Monday by NASA along with other discoveries by its Kepler telescope, which was launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009.
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Habitable Zone Explained: The ‘Goldilocks Zone’ Where Life-Friendly Planets May Exist
The habitable zone, or “Goldilocks zone”, is the region around a star where conditions allow liquid water to exist. Varying with star type, this zone is key in the search for life. Earth’s location in the Sun’s habitable zone has made life possible, and astronomers seek similar rocky exoplanets in other systems to explore the possibility of...
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Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
A new study proposes that life may exist far from sunlight in a “radiolytic habitable zone” deep beneath the icy surfaces of Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. Cosmic rays, which can penetrate rock and ice, break water molecules apart to release hydrogen, oxygen, and energy-rich electrons. These can fuel microbes in subsurface water, much like bacter...
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Scientists Discover Possible "Ocean World" 100-Light Years Away From Earth
A team of researchers have recently discovered a planet about 100 light years away from Earth that they believe could be completely covered in water. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the planet - called TOI-1452 b - is believed to be 70% larger than Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperature...
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NASA Planet Hunting Satellite TESS Finds Earth-Sized World in 'Goldilocks Zone'
NASA's planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.
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New 'Goldilocks' For Habitable Planets Found?
The search for habitable, alien worlds needs to make room for a second "Goldilocks," according to a new study which suggests that simply being in the habitable zone is not sufficient for planets to support life.
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Closest 'Potentially Habitable' Planet Found 14 Light Years Away
Astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system, orbiting a star just 14 light years away.
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'Nasa Closer Than Ever to Finding Earth's Twin'
Two of the eight planets recently spotted are the most Earth-like of any known planets found so far outside our solar system.
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Eight New Planets Found in Possible Life-Bearing Zones
Eight new planets have been found orbiting their stars in the so-called "Goldilocks zone," neither too hot nor too cold for water and possibly life to exist, astronomers said on Tuesday.
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The oceans will evaporate, but not anytime soon
Those are the conclusions of a new study into the so-called Goldilocks zone -- the distance from a star at which water on a rocky planet can exist as a liquid rather than as permanent ice or vapour.
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Earth-like planet found
A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It's a bit too big. The planet's confirmation was announced Monday by NASA along with other discoveries by its Kepler telescope, which was launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009.
