A potential water world orbiting a dim red star a mere 120 light-years away has just become a little bit more exciting.
. The habitable zone is the distance from its host star at which liquid water can persist on the surface – not so far as to freeze into ice, nor so far that it steams away.
"Some of the conditions in the oceans of these worlds could be similar to habitable conditions in Earth's oceans, i.e. similar temperatures and pressures, presence of liquid water and energy from the star,""There are many open questions but this is only a first guess at this stage. The assumption is that if microbial aquatic life can form in these oceans in the same manner as they did on Earth then some of the biosignatures may also be common.
When they teased apart these changes, the researchers found evidence of carbon molecules, carbon dioxide, and methane. The spectrum of light also revealed hints – but only hints – of dimethyl sulfide.
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