habitable zone

At the right distance, they would be in a newly expanded habitable zone around the swelled-up star.

What's more, its orbit was right on the cusp of its star's habitable zone, meaning the planet might have liquid water.

One of these super-Earths orbits inside the habitable zone - the region around a star where conditions could be hospitable to life.

Traub says, "About one-third of FGK stars are predicted to have at least one terrestrial, habitable-zone planet. "

Better still, it's located in what's known as a habitable zone, orbiting Gliese at just the right distance to have liquid water.

"We are certain that it is in the habitable zone and if it has a surface it ought to have a nice temperature. "

Where the Sun will be less intense, the winters will be more extreme, creating an Earth with less land mass in a habitable zone.

And is the focus on a habitable zone defined in terms of liquid water appropriate?

This means that it is now slightly hotter and more luminous than the Sun, so that its habitable zone is a little further out.

Because if you found one in the habitable zone, would that mean it had life?

HD 85512 b is the only one of new planets, dubbed 'super-Earths' that is located in its star system's habitable zone.

Experts report that there are already more than 700 exoplanets discovered, but only a few are in the habitable zone.

Some of them will likely be in the so-called habitable zone, where the temperatures are just right for liquid water.

The range of distance from a star that will allow water to remain a liquid is called the habitable zone.

would find to be a very comfortable environment. However, this planet, in fact, orbit s in what we call the habitable zone.

In September, astronomers announced that they had discovered an alien world in the habitable zone of its star.

What SIM will do is find Earth-like planets in the habitable zone around the nearest stars.

Since these stars are so much cooler, their planets can orbit much closer to them and still remain in the habitable zone.

The results suggest that the current definition of "habitable zone" may be too simplistic.

When astronomers talk about the "habitable zone, " they mean the shell around a star where the temperatures are right for liquid water.

In 2007, for instance, HARPS discovered another super-Earth, called Gliese 581d, that may lie within the habitable zone of its star.

In some exosystems, one or more of the giant planets is too close to the habitable zone for 'Earths' to remain in a stable orbit.

The newly-discovered planet g, however, lies right in the middle of the habitable zone.

We are looking for planets and finding a few big planets in the habitable zone.

If the planet is on the cooler edge of the habitable zone, it could go through cycles of freezing and thawing.

Although the new planet is in the habitable zone, we are unlikely to find out whether it is actually inhabited anytime soon.

This world lies just on the cool edge of its star's habitable zone.

Mars is located outside the habitable zone. Liquid water cannot exist on its surface.

In thinking about the galactic habitable zone, Lineweaver made the presence of heavy elements his prime criterion.

But other heat sources could potentially warm up a chilly planet that is outside this habitable zone.

We are finding Earth-size planets. Not in the habitable zone.

Things don't look good for Gliese 581g, the first planet found orbiting in the habitable zone of another star.

This newest planet, No. 5, resides in the habitable zone, about 0. 8 Earth-sun distances from its star.

However, this planet, in fact, orbits in (what) we call the habitable zone.