New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 4, 2024 13:25 IST In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Astronomy, researchers from MIT, the University of Birmingham, and other institutions have introduced a new approach to searching for life beyond Earth. The key, they say, lies not in what is present in a planet’s atmosphere, but rather in what is …
Scientists have developed a new method to identify habitable planets and potentially inhabited planets by comparing the amount of carbon dioxide in their atmosphere to neighbouring planets. The study shows that if a planet has reduced amounts of carbon dioxide in atmosphere when compared to neighbouring planets, that planet could have liquid water on its …
News Technology Science 17 ocean planets discovered in habitable zones of distant stars A new NASA study has discovered 17 exoplanets that could have liquid water under their icy shells, with the water breaking through the surface in the form of geysers and water plumes. Water from the subsurface ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus sprays …