In the process, he makes the case for
habitability look even better than Adams inferred.
Not exact matches
Way's study didn't
look at water or oxygen, but did consider how carbon dioxide could have contributed to Venus» past
habitability, Grossman says.
The Galactic Habitable Zone Astrobiologists» new, grander view of
habitability gets even more expansive when they
look out to the galaxy around us.
The research team
looked at some of these as examples, and studied the evolving nature of planetary
habitability over astronomical and geological time.
«On Mars you can not
look for life with the tools that have been
looking for
habitability of that planet,» she argues.
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.
«Our next missions, Phoenix and Mars Science Laboratory, mark a transition from water to
habitability — assessing whether sites where there's been water have had conditions suited to life,» said Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. «Where conditions were habitable, later missions may
look for evidence of life.»
Lunine's research
looks at how planets form and evolve, what processes maintain and establish
habitability, and what kinds of exotic environments (methane lakes, etc.) might host a kind of chemistry sophisticated enough to be called «life.»
If you're stretching to get into a single - family home and
looking at fixer - uppers, keep in mind that some financing types (FHA, etc.) require a house to satisfy minimum thresholds for
habitability.