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Other Solar Systems Might Be More Habitable Than Ours
This artist’s impression shows the planetary system around the sun-like star HD 10180. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
Our Earth feels like a warm and welcoming place for us life forms, but beyond our little planet, the majority of the solar system is too cold for us to live comfortably. A new study suggests that planets in other solar systems might be more habitable than our own because, on the whole, they would be warmer — up to 25 % warmer. This would make them more geologically active and more likely to retain enough liquid water to support life, at least in its microbial form. In turn, the “Goldilocks Zone” around other stars — the habitable region — would be bigger than the Zone in our own Solar System.
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2012-12-05 17:45:16
Source: http://www.universetoday.com/98832/other-solar-systems-might-be-more-habitable-than-ours/
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