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    Long-term Liquid Water also on Non-Earth-like Planets?

    June 28, 2022, Categories  Astronomy/Space

    Low-mass planets with a primordial atmosphere of hydrogen and helium might have the temperatures and pressures that allow water in the liquid phase. The presence of liquid water is favorable for life, so that these planets potentially harbour exotic habitats for billions of years. © (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) – Thibaut Roger – Universität Bern – Universität Zürich

    Liquid water is an important prerequisite for life to develop on a planet. As researchers from the University of Bern, the University of Zurich and the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS report in a new study, liquid water could also exist for billions of years on planets that are very different from Earth. This calls our currently Earth-centred idea of potentially habitable planets into question.

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