Sentences with phrase «habitable conditions for»

Stars slightly cooler than the sun could maintain habitable conditions for longer periods of time, due to the slower rate of water loss.

Not exact matches

«A strong magnetic field provides a shield for the atmosphere,» said Tarduno, «This is important for the preservation of habitable conditions 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.

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.

Some impact simulations suggest that these hydrothermal conditions could persist for perhaps thousands of years, making for potentially habitable conditions.

When the planet K2 - 18b was first discovered in 2015, it was found to be orbiting within the star's habitable zone, making it an ideal candidate to have liquid surface water, a key element in harbouring conditions for life as we know it.

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.

«Several planetary bodies are thought to have habitable conditions, it's an exciting time for astrobiology,» says Dr Goordial.

More importantly, the first one, called Kapteyn b, was found to lie inside its star habitable zone where conditions are just right for liquid water to exist on its surface.

«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.»

On Mount Sharp, Curiosity is investigating how and when the ancient habitable conditions known from the mission's earlier findings evolved into drier conditions that were less favorable for life.

Its main goal is to generate a base estimate, or census, of the number of such planets orbiting within habitable zones, where conditions are right for liquid water to exist.

In 2008 a team of researchers from the Universities of California, San Francisco State and the SETI Institute published a study in The Astrophysical Journal showing their computer simulations of planets formation around Alpha Centauri B. For all the possible initial conditions studied, between 1 and 4 planets were created orbiting that star, of which almost half of them would reside in the habitable zone.

One of the planets, K2 - 18b, lies within the habitable zone that scientists believe could support the necessary conditions for life.

The principal areas of astrobiology research can be classified as (1) understanding the conditions under which life can arise, (2) looking for habitable worlds, and (3) searching for evidence of life.

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.

Detection of Jupiter's twin orbiting a distant Sun - like star represents the closest replication of our own solar system to date, and may have profound implications for creating conditions favorable to the development of a habitable Earth - like planet in HIP 11915's inner solar system.

But the conditions that make the earth habitable and relatively comfortable for humans are jeopardized because of our actions.

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By law, owners are required to maintain their property in a «habitable» condition for their tenants at all times.

Concerns for these properties can include the condition of the home and how much repair costs will be needed to make it habitable and / or other liens pending against the property, among other issues.

As long as the landlord is providing habitable conditions per the state code, for each their own!