Sentences with phrase «goldilocks zone of»

As Justin Matthys, founder of Maths Pathway, explains «we're able to set work at the «Goldilocks zone of learning»: it's not too hard, not too easy; it's just right.»

The concept of an Eyeball Earth was kicked off by the discovery in 2010 of Gliese 581g, in the Goldilocks zone of its parent star, a red dwarf.

The planet dubbed «HD 40307 g» is located about 44 light years away in the Goldilocks Zone of a sun - an area around a sun or star, where water can exist without evaporating due to heat, according to University of Göttingen astrophysics researcher Guillem Anglada - Escudé.

You report the discovery of two exoplanets orbiting in the Goldilocks zone of Kepler 62, and speculate on the evolution...

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Not exact matches

We now know that a good percentage of Stars have planets, some of which fall into the «Goldilocks» habitable zone and that it is highly likely that life exists richly throughout our galaxy and all the others.

Calculations indicate that in several ways it is quite an Earth - like planet: its radius is 1.2 to 2.5 times that of Earth; its mass is 3.1 to 4.3 times greater; and, crucially, its orbit lies within its star's «Goldilocks zone», which means its surface temperature is neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water - and therefore potentially life - to exist on its surface.

Habitable is defined by, among other things, the Goldilocks zone, that magical narrow band of space extending around a sun where temperatures are neither too hot nor too cold, where water can exist as a liquid.

The most intriguing discovery from Kepler is that 53 of those 1,200 - odd planets dwell in the life - friendly «Goldilocks» zones of their stars, regions where temperatures would be just right — not too cold and not too hot — for liquid water.

And this is just the latest in a series of stunning finds from Kepler, a space telescope designed to search for Earth - size planets orbiting other stars in what is called «the Goldilocks zone.»

It orbits its star in the so - called Goldilocks zone, a swath of space not too hot and not too cold, where an Earth - like planet would receive a similar measure of energy from it.

For decades, thinking about the best way to search for extraterrestrials has centered on a «Goldilocks» zone where temperatures are «just right» for liquid water, a key ingredient for life, to wet the surface of an Earth doppelgänger.

Gliese 581 g, spotted by a team led by Steven Vogt of the University of California, Santa Cruz, inhabits a «Goldilocks» zone around its host star, a band just warm enough to boast liquid water.

Anything outside that range, which tends to occur on planets that are in a «Goldilocks zone» of 102 million to 140 million miles away from their stars (Earth is about 93 million miles away from the sun), could be devastating for life as we know it.

The first foreign planet orbiting a star was confirmed a mere 11 years ago, and promising swaths of space like the Goldilocks zone, where the conditions are just right for liquid water, have yet to reveal habitable planets.

A solid detection of an Earth - size planet in a place called the «Goldilocks zone» because it's neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist — even if the researchers do use the word candidate to describe a detection with Kepler - catalog - like certainty.

Located a mere 20 light - years away, practically our backyard in cosmic terms, Gliese 581d is situated on the «outer fringes» of the Goldilocks zone, orbiting a red dwarf star.

The habitable zone — sometimes referred to the «Goldilocks» zone by the media and the surface water liquid zone by scientists — is the range of distance from the star in which a planet orbiting it could have liquid water on its surface.

The HZ of a star is also sometimes referred to as the «Goldilocks zone,» because this region of circumstellar space, in which an exoplanet can orbit, receives not too little, or too much, but instead just the right amount of radiation from its parent star to allow liquid water to exist on its surface.

Also known as the «Goldilocks zone,» this area is neither too hot nor too cold and the temperature allows for the possibility of liquid water on the surface of the planet.

Sometimes referred to as the «Goldilocks» zone by the media and the «surface water liquid zone» by scientists, the habitable zone refers to the range of distance from the star in which a planet orbiting it could have liquid water on its surface.

On July 23, NASA confirmed the discovery of Kepler - 452b, an exoplanet nearly the size of the Earth that is found in the Goldilocks zone.

In particular, they aim to identify rocky, Earthlike orbs that are the within the so - called «Goldilocks zone» — that is, just the right distance from their stars to have surface temperatures that would sustain liquid water, and thus at least make possible the development of life [source: Borucki].

We believe that 50 out of the 2700 exoplanet candidates identified by NASA's Kepler mission exist in the «goldilocks» zone, neither too hot nor too cold, and potentially just the right temperature to allow life to flourish.

According to astrophysicist Natalie Batalha, statistics suggest that 24 percent of the stars in our galaxy have planets that are 1.6 times the size of Earth or smaller within the Goldilocks zone.

The «goldilocks zone» the area around a star where water would be a liquid on the surface of a planet.

One of the few things we know about Proxima b, besides that it is a rocky planet with a mass 1.3 times that of Earth, is that its orbit is in the so - called «Goldilocks zone» of its sun: not too hot nor too cold for liquid water, making it a potential host for life — alien, human or both.

One of the things that makes Earth special of particular interest to the exoplanet search is our location with respect to our Sun — the habitable or so - called «goldilocks zone».

Of the 135 planets confirmed so far, only a few are thought to be in the habitable (or «Goldilocks») zone, where conditions on the planet's surface can support surface liquid water.

As your heart rate increases and you get into the flow of your chosen activity, it will steady out at a rate which some health professionals believe is the ideal «goldilocks zone» for fat burning.

Paul introduced me to the idea of a goldilocks zone for fiber, whereas in the past I either had too much (conventional low fat, grainy, animal - food - phobic) or too little (standard low carb).

They're finding the «Goldilocks zone» and a new kind of joy in learning maths.

But while this $ 399 device may hit the Goldilocks zone in terms of size, its interface needs some work before it can capture the attention of mainstream consumers.

The Brander Vineyard is situated in a kind of viticultural Goldilocks zone with a climate that is ideal for growing and producing the classically - styled, Bordeaux varietals.

Raiders of the North Sea is a superb little game that looks beautiful on the table and, at least for me, sits in that Goldilocks zone between being easy to learn, fun to play yet still needing some burning of the brain matter that makes it an outstanding choice for a fun night with friends and a few beers.

Hundreds of degrees hotter than Earth, even though it is in the «goldilocks zone» like we are, and why?

The speakers often struggle to find a balance between bass and treble; even twiddling with the knobs often seemed fruitless during or evaluation, as kick drums went straight from underwhelming to overcooked, heading straight into distortion without passing through any sort of goldilocks zone.

The Air has the same 9.7 - inch display as the standard iPad, placing it in the «Goldilocks zone» of tablet sizes.

Mark Zuckerberg must find a «Goldilocks zone» where the privacy protections are calibrated by the state of digital maturity and levels of digital trust — and are «just right.»

We also really like the size of the Xperia Z3 — it falls right in the Goldilocks zone: not too big and not too small, much like the Verizon Droid Turbo.