The Great Exoplanet Debate: Concepts of Habitability

In part two of The Great Exoplanet Debate, the panel of experts discuss current concepts of habitability and how these concepts are changing as our knowledge of life’s potential grows. This debate comes from a plenary session hosted by Astrobiology Magazine at the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference. The sesstion was titled: “Expanding the Habitable Zone. The Hunt for Exoplanets Now and Into the Future.”

A transcript of the plenary session is now available at: http://www.astrobio.net/debate/5391/the-great-exoplanet-debate-part-2-concepts-of-habitability .

A video of the plenary session is also available at: https://connect.arc.nasa.gov/p68qflmgnhk/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal