Sentences with phrase «understanding habitability»
«This is a reminder that geological processes are fundamental in understanding the habitability of planets,» Shim adds.
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The mission objectives are to characterize the ice shell and any subsurface water, understand the habitability of Europa's ocean, and to understand the formation of surface features.
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The answer is important to our understanding of habitability and the nature of the early - Mars environment.»
«What adds to Gale's appeal is that, organics or not, the site holds a diversity of features and layers for investigating changing environmental conditions, some of which could inform a broader understanding of habitability on ancient Mars.»
Understanding the origin and fate of methane on these bodies will provide crucial clues to the processes that shape the formation, evolution and habitability of terrestrial worlds in this solar system and possibly in others.
I study the statistical properties of extrasolar planetary systems around stars of different masses, and combine these results with numerical simulations to better understand their origins and habitability.
Since the bulk of the stars in the Milky Way are red dwarfs, «one can not avoid studying them to understand planet formation or to evaluate the habitability potential of our galaxy,» HARPS researcher Xavier Bonfils, with France's Observatory of Sciences of the Universe of Grenoble, wrote in an email to Discovery News.
The objective of the MAVEN mission EPO program is to engage multiple audiences in the quest to understand Mars» long - term atmospheric losses, giving insight into the history of Mars» atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability.
The objective of the MAVEN mission E / PO program is to engage multiple audiences in the quest to understand Mars» long - term atmospheric losses, giving insight into the history of Mars» atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability.
Cornerstone Evaluation Associates LLC is the external research firm charged with carrying out the evaluation activities necessary to determine the effectiveness and impact of MAVEN's Education and Public Outreach (E / PO) effort and its success in achieving its overall goal to «engage multiple audiences in the quest to understand Mars» long - term atmospheric losses, giving insight into the history of Mars» atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability.»
The goal for MAVEN's informal education program is that informal science educators are equipped with the necessary tools to engage Native American youth, girls, or the public in understanding relevant aspects of MAVEN and the history of Mars» atmosphere and climate, liquid water, and planetary habitability.
The probe will hopefully provide essential data to understanding the nature of planetary habitability.
The MAVEN E / PO program will deepen teacher, student, and public understanding of planetary 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.
Habitability is also the basic theme of MAVEN — it will be trying to understand from the top down how the atmosphere evolved over time and how it was lost, which ties back to how clement it was early on.»
«We have pessimistic results for planets around young red dwarfs in this study, but we also have a better understanding of which stars have good prospects for habitability,» Airapetian said.
The revolutionary discovery in the 1970s of a thriving complex marine ecosystem around the hydrothermal vents of the Galapagos Rift on the ocean floor of the eastern Pacific forever changed our understanding of habitability showing that life could also arise and flourish in the complete absence of sunlight in conditions that were utterly toxic to any other life forms on Earth.
«From the Hadean zircons we can understand further what the thermal consequences for the crust were, and test our models for habitability during the late heavy bombardment.
«But it will help us understand the climate history, which is the history of its habitability.»
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.
Simulations aim to understand how different irradiance spectra affect a planet's habitability and climate dynamics and its radiance signature, due to the spectral absorbance properties of different atmospheres and different surface spectral albedos resulting from the gradual spread of life over land and adaptations of photosynthetic pigments to other light regimes.
Orbital variations are also likely to be a generic feature of other planets, with strong implications for the fate of planetary atmospheres (for example, understanding the potential for habitability on other systems).
Individuals should, however, understand that any problems they experience in their home, condominium, or apartment that has to do with the habitability of the building - such as the sewage system, the water system, the electricity, and the like - are under the purview of the landlord and individuals have the right to demand speedy repairs when problems arise.