Channel: Deep Astronomy

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: exoplanetsplanets and spacelive astronomyplanets around other starsuniverselife in the universe

Description: We know very little about the exoplanets that have been discovered so far and yet we feel compelled based on the scant observations we have to assign the very important attribute of habitability to almost all of them. To say whether a given planet is habitable (to humans) or not is very complicated. There's much more to it than just whether liquid water can be present. This live stream was inspired by this AstroBites post: astrobites.org/2021/10/16/ecology-to-astrobiology-modeling-the-habitability-of-other-worlds Which is based on this open access paper: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ast.2020.2342 Join our discussion live in the Deep Astronomy Discord Server: discord.gg/K9BuW2U