27 October 2017
Astronomers find system with six planets
...-sized moons orbiting HD 34445b [orbits in 1054 days] and HD 34445f [orbits in 677 days] could potentially have liquid water on their surfaces.” Given the wide-range of orbits of the 6 planets (that last anywhere from tens to thousands...
15 November 2017
Earth-mass temperate exoplanet found close by
... project are uncertain as to whether the planet lies inside, outside, or on the edge of the habitable zone where liquid water may exist on a planet’s surface. “This discovery is based on more than a decade of HARPS intensive monitoring together with...
28 February 2018
Habitability of nearest exoplanet in doubt after powerful flare
... habitability may involve more than just being the right distance from the host star to have liquid water.” The data gathered about the flare brings further bad news when it comes to comparing the Proxima...
25 May 2018
New research suggests Pluto could be one giant comet
... at least. To account for this anomaly, Glein and Waite suggest the lack of CO is the result of chemical modification by liquid water, and that the missing CO could be hidden away in a subsurface ocean. It would not be the first time though...
19 November 2018
Kepler officially retires after receiving final "goodnight" commands
... habitable zone of their parent stars. This ‘Goldilocks zone’ as it has become known, is within a region where liquid water - a vital ingredient to life as we know it - might be free to contribute to rivers or oceans on the planet surface. Although...
01 May 2019
Evidence for first confirmed exomoon under question
The next holy grail in exoplanet detection, beyond finding an Earth 2.0 complete with liquid water and a substantial and non-toxic atmosphere, is undoubtedly to find the first confirmed exomoon. So, when news spread ...
