Sentences with phrase «habitability as»

Acting Captain, Christopher (Crudup), wants to show strength by making a command decision to halt their current path and investigate the planet's habitability as well as the distress signal.

This has strong implications for astrobiology and planetary habitability as any putative life forms near the surface would be exposed to large radiation doses capable of sterilizing the top ~ 20 cm of the Martian subsurface (Simonsen & Nealy 1993; Mileikowsky et al. 2000; Pavlov et al. 2002; Dartnell 2011; Dartnell et al. 2007a, 2007b, 2010).

So when we're surveying with something like Kepler, we should allow ourselves to think of habitability as broadly as possible, to think of life as being as capable as possible, and get some overall sense of how much habitable real estate might be out there.

Not exact matches

No predictions were made as to the future habitability of the Town of Tangier at 2100 or the types of habitat (upland or wetland) that might be present, though study authors did note that interior water had increased over time and that present upland ridges may need to be raised in the future.

«Tenants have a right to basic conditions being maintained,» he said, pointing to the Warranty of Habitability law, which states that residents have the right to a «livable, safe and sanitary apartment» as a part of every legal lease agreement in the city.

In November a team led by Washington State University astrobiologist Dirk Schulze - Makuch devised the Planetary Habitability Index, or PHI, a scoring system for distant worlds that measures their suitability for any kind of life, not merely life as we know it.

And that entropy will almost certainly have strong feedback effects on their planet's habitability, as we are already beginning to see here on Earth.»

«The question whether so - called exoplanets are habitable or not is difficult to answer, as we do not know all the necessary conditions a planet has to fulfill in order to be habitable,» said Yann Alibert of the Center for Space and Habitability (CSH) at the University of Bern.

This «astrobiological perspective» casts sustainability as a place - specific subset of habitability, or a planet's ability to support life.

With its sophisticated on - board chemistry lab, Curiosity is hunting for more robust signs of habitability, including organic compounds — the carbon - based building blocks of life as we know it.

Bean and Kempton, meanwhile, are interested in detailing what a statistical census of biologically significant gases such as oxygen, carbon dioxide and ozone could reveal about planetary habitability.

The research team looked at some of these as examples, and studied the evolving nature of planetary habitability over astronomical and geological time.

Research Topic 1 Origin and Evolution of Planetary Systems Research Topic 2 Origins of Organic Compounds in Space Research Topic 3 Rock - Water - Carbon Interactions, Organic Synthesis on Earth, and Steps to Life Research Topic 4 Life and Habitability Research Topic 5 Biosignatures as Facilitating Life Detection

With such a narrow range for habitability, ocean planets may not make as much of a splash as we thought when it comes to welcoming life.

Determining global surface, composition, and chemistry, especially as related to habitability

«The discovery that water vapour is ejected near the south pole strengthens Europa's position as the top candidate for potential habitability,» said lead author Lorenz Roth of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

Analysis of data also shows that Ceres has a water - ice mantle surrounding a rocky core, and that there may still be at least pockets of liquid water beneath the surface, raising the prospect of potential habitability for microorganisms, as seemingly unlikely as that may sound for a world so far from the Sun.

Myself and Ravi Kopparapu address these questions in a chapter titled, «The Drake equation as a function of spectral type and time,» which appears in the book Habitability of the Universe Before Earth.

Thus we have three stars and possible planets at markedly different stages of development, giving us the ability to take a deeper look into flare activity on M - dwarfs as they age, and to assess flare effects on planetary habitability, assuming Barnard's Star and Ross 154 do have planets.

The steep drop off in high - energy activity for Sun - like and lower mass stars after 1 billion years is good news for the habitability of exoplanets orbiting these stellar bodies, as the atmospheres of these worlds would not have to endure as much radiation as previously believed.

Knowing the right combination other warming agents, such as water vapor, nitrous oxide, and carbon dioxide, will also help us assess habitability of the hundreds of billions of other Earth - like planets estimated to reside in our galaxy.

Participants will explore MAVEN science, engineering, and data through the lens of habitability: atmosphere, sun as driver, and solar wind.

As mentioned on the NASA website, Curiosity is currently exploring the lower slopes of Mount Sharp, a huge mountain in the middle of Gale crater, which can provide more clues about the habitability of this region a few billion years ago.

Secondly: «The Planetary Habitability Index is based -LRB-...) appropriate chemistry, and the potential for holding a liquid solvent,» as the paper's abstract notes.

If this is the first serious paper to decouple a habitability index from an Earth - like index, I predict that it will go down in history as one of the first steps of twenty first century science back towards the supremacy of the Copernican Principle.

Especially if it's linked with other processes that can help habitability such as CME avoidance and increased planetary magnetic field strength.

The scientists also examined Venus» rotation as a key factor in habitability.

The data gathered should also help scientists better understand other stars as well, especially ones which are similar to our Sun, and how this may affect the potential habitability of some exoplanets.

The Planetary Habitability Index is based on «the presence of a stable substrate, available energy, appropriate chemistry, and the potential for holding a liquid solvent,» as the paper's abstract notes.

«Habitability in a wider sense is not necessarily restricted to water as a solvent or to a planet circling a star.

As research into planetary habitability continues, through theory as well as observations, we will indeed continue to observe how even basic physical principles can manifest in very different ways on these alien worldAs research into planetary habitability continues, through theory as well as observations, we will indeed continue to observe how even basic physical principles can manifest in very different ways on these alien worldas well as observations, we will indeed continue to observe how even basic physical principles can manifest in very different ways on these alien worldas observations, we will indeed continue to observe how even basic physical principles can manifest in very different ways on these alien worlds.

The prospects for the habitability of M - dwarf planets have long been debated, due to key differences between the unique stellar and planetary environments around these low - mass stars, as compared to hotter, more luminous Sun - like stars.

As for Viking's prime mission, how do you search for life on a planet when there are so many things that are unknown about the current and past conditions, and potential for habitability overall?

NASA has invited the principal investigators and key members of 16 NASA - funded teams working on topics related to exoplanet habitability, as well as the directors of the new initiative to discuss and debate the best format and goals for the new program.

They expressed excitement about exoplanet research, emphasized the need for studying planets as «systems» and they strongly endorsed connecting research projects in different disciplines that address exoplanet habitability.

In addition, the panel notes, Orion is small and does not have much room for astronauts to move about or exercise even though the missions may last as long as three weeks: «This long duration, crew habitability risk remains to be assessed and evaluated in order to develop an objective mission risk estimate.»

Since I care about the habitability of the surface, not temperature per se, I don't see the results as reassuring in the least.

These details are critical for assessing habitability parameters such as surface temperature and the eccentricity of the exoplanet's orbit.

Carbon - laced molecules are critical for the chemistry of life (as we know it), so if the MSL rover Curiosity's instruments detect them, another piece of the mysterious puzzle of Mars habitability will slot into place.

As fascinating as the results of these studies may be, they only provide tantalising evidence regarding Europa's potential habitabilitAs fascinating as the results of these studies may be, they only provide tantalising evidence regarding Europa's potential habitabilitas the results of these studies may be, they only provide tantalising evidence regarding Europa's potential habitability.

(i) origin and evolution of planetary systems; (ii) origins of organic compounds in space; (iii) rock - water - carbon interactions, organic synthesis on earth, and steps to life; (iv) life and habitability; (v) biosignatures as facilitating life detection.

As far as habitability goes, the researchers themselves point out another problem: due to the massive debris disk surrounding tau Ceti, the outer two planets are likely subject to intense bombardment via comets and asteroids, which would pose obvious issues for lifAs far as habitability goes, the researchers themselves point out another problem: due to the massive debris disk surrounding tau Ceti, the outer two planets are likely subject to intense bombardment via comets and asteroids, which would pose obvious issues for lifas habitability goes, the researchers themselves point out another problem: due to the massive debris disk surrounding tau Ceti, the outer two planets are likely subject to intense bombardment via comets and asteroids, which would pose obvious issues for life.

In the context of this new roadmap, astrobiology is understood as the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the context of cosmic evolution; this includes habitability in the Solar System and beyond.

The short briefing we had styled the McLaren 650S as a car that has better performance than a Ferrari 458 Speciale or Porsche 911 GT3 (neither was actually named, obviously) but without the rawness and compromises in habitability, usability and ride quality.

The local health department was involved and she had to meet their requirements as far as the habitability of her house; but although dogs would have been monitored / limited / licensed, etc.; there are no requirements about how many cats anyone can have in my area; a suburb of Cincinnati.

Of particular interest are planets that receive similar amounts of stellar radiation as the Earth, as they could support liquid water, probably the most critical requirement for habitability.

Led by Dr. James E. Hansen from 1981 to 2013, research at GISS emphasized a broad study of global change, which is an interdisciplinary initiative addressing natural and man - made changes in our environment that occur on various time scales — from one - time forcings such as volcanic explosions, to seasonal / annual effects such as El Niño, and on up to the millennia of ice ages — and that affect the habitability of our planet.

The key science question for citizens and their representatives is not whether most recent warming is man - made but whether climate change, as Al Gore HAS put it, is a «planetary emergency... that threatens the survival of civilization and the habitability of the Earth.»

Also about the habitability of earth for man and mammals as the wet - bulb temperature exceeds 26 C in larger areas, and the fossil fuel resources making this state possible in the long term.

His book Assault on Reason — published in April 2007 — stated that: «Many scientists are now warning that we are moving closer to several «tipping points» that could — within as little as ten years — make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable damage of the planet's habitability for human civilization.»