When scientists discuss making Mars livable, they describe creating conditions many humans have never experienced on Earth: ...

The results reveal that a solar system’s layout is key to its habitability. In compact planetary systems, multiple planets can coexist in habitable zones without disrupting each other’s orbits.

Europa’s surface chemistry hints at life-supporting conditions below. Lab tests reveal how peroxide forms in unexpected ...

The findings highlight the interconnectedness of planetary mechanics and biological processes, suggesting that even subtle changes in a planet’s rotation could influence its habitability.

Dirk Schulze-Makuch, a researcher focused on astrobiology and planetary habitability, recently published an article on Big Think re-doubling a call that he and his fellow (now retired) scientist ...

Understanding planetary habitability is one of the major challenges of the current scientific era. Though traditionally viewed through the lens of our home planet and its evolutionary history, data ...

For the study, the researchers incorporated a star’s stellar activity and magnetic field into longstanding computer models designed to simulate planetary conditions, specifically for habitability. The ...

More information: Amedeo Balbi et al, Waste Heat and Habitability: Constraints from Technological Energy Consumption, arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2409.06737 ...

More information: Luigi Petraccone, Planetary entropy production as a thermodynamic constraint for exoplanet habitability, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2023).

09/30/2024 By Lynne Schaufenbil The Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology invites you to a virtual seminar on Thursday, Oct. 24 from 11 a.m. to noon by Eryn Cangi. Title: Escape from ...