Sentences with phrase «life on planets outside our solar system»

A new study from the University of Toronto Scarborough suggests the search for life on planets outside our solar system may be more difficult than previously thought.

Hence, astrobiologists seeking signs of life on planets outside the Solar System may want to look for colors reflected by planetary vegetation that is colored differently than the green wavelengths found on Earth (NASA / GSFC press release; Spitzer news release; Nancy Y. Klang, Scientific American, April 2008; Astrobiology; Kiang et al, 2007a; and Kiang et al, 2007b).

Not exact matches

Researchers from Bern have developed a method to simplify the search for Earth - like planets: By using new theoretical models they rule out the possibility of Earth - like conditions, and therefore life, on certain planets outside our solar system — and limit their search by doing so.

«If we understand how early Mars operated, it could tell us something about the potential for finding life on other planets outside the solar system.»

This marks the first detection of an atmosphere around an Earth - like planet other than Earth itself, and thus is a significant step on the path towards the detection of life outside our Solar System.

The proposed telescope will be able to detect signatures of life on planets outside our own Solar System, and begin to address the issue of whether life is ubiquitous.»