09 February 2018
New research on rocky worlds helps identify Earth-like planets
...potential to host liquid water. "Densities, while important clues to the planets' compositions, do not say anything about habitability. However, our study is an important step forward as we continue to explore whether these planets could support life...
08 December 2021
Iron might be key for finding life on other worlds, new study says
In the hunt for life beyond Earth, one of the key factors in determining whether a planet might be habitable or not, is how iron-rich it is, say astronomers who in a new study have uncovered the likely mechanisms by which ...
11 September 2019
First detection of atmospheric water vapour on 'super-Earth' in habitable zone
... target for follow-up observations, which in turn will provide further insights into the composition and climate of habitable-zone planets. Details of this atmospheric research, which have just been published in Nature Astronomy, can be found on-line...
May 2018
PLATO the habitable zone explorer
... main objective is to search for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of stars like the Sun. The existence of other worlds out... science. The mission will find Earth-like planets in the habitable zone of Sun-like stars. But who knows what else we ...
15 February 2021
Possible planet found in habitable zone around Alpha Centauri
... dubbed Candidate 1, or C1, or something else all together, at the very least, these results demonstrate that imaging rocky habitable-zone exoplanets with current and upcoming telescopes should be possible, say the team. “We look forward to the new...
March 2016
Saving Earth from an Expanding Sun
... to the Sun and was never in the Goldilocks, or habitable zone. Instead it quickly spiralled into a greenhouse effect that erased ...so that the seas stay liquid. This close to the habitable zone’s inner edge that balance is maintained by very, very ...
