- Kepler spies water worlds: pair of exoplanets sit in habitable zone of star far beyond the Solar System http://www.nature.com/news/kepler-spies-water-worlds-1.12825 3 comments space
- Astronomers confirm the existence of what might be a habitable world around a nearby star. HD 20794 d is just under 6x the mass of Earth and orbits a Sun-like star at the right distance for liquid water to form on its surface. https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-discover-nearby-alien-world-that-may-sustain-life 91 comments science
- Promising Habitable Zone Exoplanet LHS 1140b is Probably Snowball or Water World, Confirmed as Super-Earth, NOT Mini-Neptunian - If new Webb results are confirmed, LHS 1140b would be the first temperate planet to show evidence of a secondary atmosphere, formed after the planet’s initial formation. https://www.sci.news/astronomy/habitable-zone-explanet-lhs-1140b-13083.html 83 comments space
- A team that includes a University of Michigan astronomer has identified a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world. The planet emerges as one of the most promising habitable zone exoplanet candidates known, potentially harboring an atmosphere and even a liquid water ocean. https://news.umich.edu/astronomers-find-surprising-ice-world-in-the-habitable-zone-with-jwst-data/ 33 comments science
- A team that includes a University of Michigan astronomer has identified a temperate exoplanet as a promising super-Earth ice or water world. The planet emerges as one of the most promising habitable zone exoplanet candidates known, potentially harboring an atmosphere and even a liquid water ocean. https://news.umich.edu/astronomers-find-surprising-ice-world-in-the-habitable-zone-with-jwst-data/ 88 comments space
- Exoplanet K2-18b made headlines when researchers reported that observations were consistent with a habitable ocean world. Now, another team has published a different interpretation of the data, suggesting that the purported water world is instead a gas-rich planet with no habitable surface. https://aasnova.org/2024/03/11/k2-18b-may-not-be-habitable-after-all/ 26 comments science
- Carbon-based molecules found on ‘water world’ exoplanet.! It’s a informative video explaining k2-18b by a Cambridge professor. I also included some up to date links regarding k2-18b. I don’t know about that name though. I think they could do better with potentially habitable planet names. https://youtu.be/VpuD6eR6nb4?si=OThuXcglknk7lLFM 3 comments aliens
- Astronomers have discovered a world only a little bit bigger than Earth, whirling around a bright star about 31 parsecs from our planet. The world, known as TOI 700 d, orbits in its star’s ‘habitable zone’ — the region in which liquid water could exist. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00014-7?utm_source=twt_nnc&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=naturenews&sf227670454=1 23 comments science
- The exoplanet around Barnard's star (just 6 light-years away) may be habitable afterall. It has a large iron/nickel core and enough geothermal activity to sustain features such as volcanic plumes and vents that could create “life zones” of liquid water under the world’s frozen surface. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/01/life-might-exist-on-the-new-planet-discovered-around-barnards-star 18 comments space
- The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, opening up the possibility that water worlds could be habitable, according to a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-08/uoc-wwc083018.php 8 comments space
- The conditions for life surviving on planets entirely covered in water are more fluid than previously thought, opening up the possibility that water worlds could be habitable https://phys.org/news/2018-08-worlds-life-analysis-idea-requires.html 21 comments space
- Are Water Worlds Habitable? It looks like the galaxy is overflowing with worlds soaked in water, but scientists are divided on whether life there would succeed or fail https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-water-worlds-habitable/ 5 comments space
- Tom Brady’s water habit could kill an ordinary person. “Sometimes I think I’m the most hydrated person in the world,” Brady triumphantly claims. http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/tom-brady-water-habit-kill-ordinary-person-article-1.3788596? 198 comments nfl
- A new study suggests that, contrary to prevailing wisdom, the temperature of a planet doesn't always stabilize over time, so hot-blooded worlds may have a hard time holding onto liquid water — even if they reside in the temperate region around their stars known as the "habitable zone." http://www.space.com/33864-exoplanets-habitable-zone-formation-history.html#sthash.64vx89ku.sfju 3 comments science