Gaia One (BW), art by me, 2023/2026
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Gaia One (BW), art by me, 2023/2026
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An Earth-like Planet
NASA's Cassini spacecraft used radar data to scan the surface of Saturn's moon Titan, helping us learn about its lakes of methane
Desert of the real.
Seven planets, including three habitable ones, found around ultra-cool dwarf star
“Unlike the worlds in our Solar System, each one should be tidally locked to the parent star, meaning that the same side always sees "day" while the opposite side resides in eternal night. Yet life on Earth began in the oceans, and of these seven worlds, the fourth, fifth and sixth might all have conditions to support liquid oceans or lakes -- if the atmosphere is favorable -- bathed in eternal sunlight.”
What is it that makes our Solar System special? It’s Earth, of course. A rocky planet of the right mass and composition, the right distance from our Sun, the right atmosphere, the surface oceans, and all the life that’s ensued is what makes us special. Not just special, but unique, at least among the planets we’ve found so far. But there are other planetary systems out there with Earth-like worlds. Similar to Earth in mass, size, temperature and many other conditions, these might represent planets where life similar to what we find here arose. For the first time, we’ve found a planetary system with not just one Earth-like, potentially habitable world, but three!
Come meet the worlds around the ultra-cool star TRAPPIST-1, and learn what the prospects are for these worlds being truly Earth-like.
Moon of the Gas Giant Digital artwork by me, 2021