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Habitable planets may lie outside the “Goldilocks zone” in extra-solar systems

5 July 2016 Astronomy Now

If conditions had been just a little different an eon ago, there might be plentiful life on Venus and none on Earth, according to a new hypothesis. Minor evolutionary changes could have altered the fates of both Earth and Venus in ways that scientists may soon be able to model through observation of other solar systems, particularly ones in the process of forming.

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Did Earth receive its water from comets, or geologically from within?

21 December 2014 Astronomy Now

Was the Earth dry and inhospitable to life until icy comets pelted the planet and deposited water on the surface? Two researchers at Ohio State University believe that Earth was formed with water in its interior and propose a mechanism for bringing it to the surface.

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News Headlines

  • The Great Square of Pegasus: heralding autumn
    11 September 2023
  • New comet predicted to brighten rapidly as it sprints Sunwards
    18 August 2023
  • NASA picks up faint carrier signal from Voyager 2
    2 August 2023
  • Razor-sharp test images show Euclid’s instruments performing as expected
    31 July 2023
  • NASA loses touch with Voyager 2; waits for craft to ‘phone home’
    31 July 2023
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