But the planet Mars would have never experienced such
habitable conditions at the surface.
Not exact matches
Water is likely similarly abundant around other planets, raising the odds of finding life as we know it, or
at least
habitable conditions, somewhere else.
«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.
Still,
habitable conditions could persist long enough (hundreds of millions of years,
at least) for life to get restarted.
At present, most instruments on astrobiology missions look for
habitable conditions, small organic molecules and other «biosignatures» that generally could not be formed without life.
That in turn gives us hints to what
conditions exist
at potentially
habitable vents on the seafloor.
They all are promising candidates but I would think that looking
at places with extreme
conditions would be more worthwhile in that they could broaden what we consider to be the
habitable zone around other stars.
After examining over 600 vertical feet (182.88 meters) of rock with evidence of groundwater, the NASA said the mission's science team has concluded that
habitable conditions in the area persisted for
at least millions of years.
Having studied more than 600 vertical feet of rock with signs of lakes and groundwater, Curiosity's international science team concluded that
habitable conditions lasted for
at leastmillions of years.
For example,
at common law, landlords did not have to repair properties, did not have to keep them in
habitable condition, could raise rents whenever they wanted, could evict tenants for no reason, etc..
By law, owners are required to maintain their property in a «
habitable»
condition for their tenants
at all times.