Earth’s Nearest Exoplanet Might Not Be Habitable
Exoplanet discoveries are constantly interesting– to discover a location outside our planetary system that might possibly support life or future human colonization is sci-fi coming true. Most of these worlds are hundreds or perhaps countless lightyears away, making it difficult to reach them with our existing levels of innovation, however it’s enjoyable to dream. […]
Despite deadly rays, pulsars could host habitable planets
[ad_1] Artistic impression of a habitable world (center) near a pulsar (right). Such a world should have a massive environment that transforms the deadly X-rays and high-energy particles of the pulsar into heat. (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge). Althoughpulsars routinely blast out deadly gamma rays and X-rays, alien planets in orbit around them could […]