We explore the minimum distance from a host star for an exoplanet to be potentially habitable, in order to maximize future chances of finding other habitable worlds. We find that […]
Habitable Zone
Posted inExoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones
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. […]
Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Press Release
Traffic Jam of Moons in Habitable Zones
Volunteers from the Planethunters.org website, part of the Oxford University-led Zooniverse project, have discovered 15 new planet candidates orbiting in the habitable zones of other stars.