Sentences with phrase «whose stable atmospheres»

But planet hunting is in its infancy, and astronomer Dimitar Sasselov estimates that our galaxy harbors some 100 million «super-Earths,» large rocky planets whose stable atmospheres and complex chemistry actually make them mathematically better candidates for the emergence of life than our own small world.

Not exact matches

«Clearly, an atmosphere whose lapse rate is less than the adiabatic value is stable.