{"id":106983,"date":"2020-11-07T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T21:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/there-are-300-million-planets-that-could-support-life-nasa\/"},"modified":"2020-11-07T00:33:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T21:33:00","slug":"there-are-300-million-planets-that-could-support-life-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/there-are-300-million-planets-that-could-support-life-nasa\/","title":{"rendered":"#There are 300 million planets that could support life: NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#There are 300 million planets that could support life: NASA<\/strong>”
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\n It goes without saying that Earth has seen better days.<\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019re fed up with the drama of climate change, the presidential election and the ever-present threat of nuclear warfare, there may be app<\/a>roximately 300 million other options to set up a home, according to new data scraped by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration\u2019s Kepler Space Telescope.<\/p>\n

Between 2009 and 2018, Kepler explored the far reaches of our galaxy in search of exoplanets. In particular, rock-based, Earth-size planets that orbit a star like our sun and orbit at nearly the same distance. Kepler\u2019s tour revealed potentially billions of planets in the Milky Way outside of the nine in our solar system. It also delivered images of other blue-green planets with the potential to support life.<\/p>\n

Now, an updated analysis<\/a> of the retired telescope\u2019s findings, published in the Astronomical Journal<\/a>, provides a more accurate snapshot of habitable worlds. In a \u201cconservative\u201d estimate, NASA researchers believe that at least 50% of all sun-like stars have terrestrial planets with the potential for water. More optimistic models guess up to 75%.<\/p>\n

\u201cKepler already told us there were billions of planets, but now we know a good chunk of those planets might be rocky and habitable,\u201d said lead study author Steve Bryson in a statement on the NASA site<\/a>. \u201cThough this result is far from a final value, and water on a planet\u2019s surface is only one of many factors to support life, it\u2019s extremely exciting that we calculated [that] these worlds are this common with such high confidence and precision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Their aim in this study was to establish a more thorough equation to determine habitability, by examining the relationship between an exoplanet\u2019s distance from and the temperature of its parent star, as well as the amount of light energy, which that star emits.<\/p>\n

Data from the European Space Agency\u2019s Gaia mission was key.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe always knew defining habitability simply in terms of a planet\u2019s physical distance from a star, so that it\u2019s not too hot or cold, left us making a lot of assumptions,\u201d said co-author Ravi Kopparapu. \u201cGaia\u2019s data on stars allowed us to look at these planets and their stars in an entirely new way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot every star is alike,\u201d said Kopparapu. \u201cAnd neither is every planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new calculations suggest that there are at least four livable planets at a relatively close distance from Earth, between 20 and 30 light-years away \u2014 an inconceivable number for a human, sure, but meaningful to a scientist.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing how common different kinds of planets are is extremely valuable for the design of upcoming exoplanet-finding missions,\u201d said co-author Michelle Kunimoto.<\/p>\n

The more accurately that they can pinpoint these highly eligible worlds, the more successful exploration of exoplanets can be. And we\u2019ll need that data if we ever hope to get out.<\/p>\n

\u201cSurveys aimed at small, potentially habitable planets around sun-like stars will depend on results like these to maximize their chance of success,\u201d said Kunimoto.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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