Goldilocks Planet

A team of researchers have recently discovered a planet about 100 light years away from Earth that they believe could be completely covered in water. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the planet - called TOI-1452 b - is believed to be 70% larger than Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperature...

A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...

NASA's planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.

The search for habitable, alien worlds needs to make room for a second "Goldilocks," according to a new study which suggests that simply being in the habitable zone is not sufficient for planets to support life.

Researchers said hydrocarbons and other products were transported to Earth by asteroids or comets, and continued to evolve in the planet's unique "goldilocks" conditions.

Astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system, orbiting a star just 14 light years away.

Two of the eight planets recently spotted are the most Earth-like of any known planets found so far outside our solar system.

Eight new planets have been found orbiting their stars in the so-called "Goldilocks zone," neither too hot nor too cold for water and possibly life to exist, astronomers said on Tuesday.

Those are the conclusions of a new study into the so-called Goldilocks zone -- the distance from a star at which water on a rocky planet can exist as a liquid rather than as permanent ice or vapour.

A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It's a bit too big. The planet's confirmation was announced Monday by NASA along with other discoveries by its Kepler telescope, which was launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009.

European astronomers said on Monday that they had found what might be the best candidate for a Goldilocks planet yet: a lump of something about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth, circling its star at the right distance for liquid water to exist on its surface - and thus, perhaps, to host life, as we narrowly imagine it.

A team of researchers have recently discovered a planet about 100 light years away from Earth that they believe could be completely covered in water. According to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the planet - called TOI-1452 b - is believed to be 70% larger than Earth and is located in a "Goldilocks zone," where temperature...

A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...

NASA's planet hunter satellite TESS has discovered an Earth-sized world within the habitable range of its star, which could allow the presence of liquid water.

The search for habitable, alien worlds needs to make room for a second "Goldilocks," according to a new study which suggests that simply being in the habitable zone is not sufficient for planets to support life.

Researchers said hydrocarbons and other products were transported to Earth by asteroids or comets, and continued to evolve in the planet's unique "goldilocks" conditions.

Astronomers have discovered the closest potentially habitable planet found outside our solar system, orbiting a star just 14 light years away.

Two of the eight planets recently spotted are the most Earth-like of any known planets found so far outside our solar system.

Eight new planets have been found orbiting their stars in the so-called "Goldilocks zone," neither too hot nor too cold for water and possibly life to exist, astronomers said on Tuesday.

Those are the conclusions of a new study into the so-called Goldilocks zone -- the distance from a star at which water on a rocky planet can exist as a liquid rather than as permanent ice or vapour.

A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting outside our solar system in what seems to be the ideal place for life, except for one hitch. It's a bit too big. The planet's confirmation was announced Monday by NASA along with other discoveries by its Kepler telescope, which was launched on a planet-hunting mission in 2009.

European astronomers said on Monday that they had found what might be the best candidate for a Goldilocks planet yet: a lump of something about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth, circling its star at the right distance for liquid water to exist on its surface - and thus, perhaps, to host life, as we narrowly imagine it.