{"id":416055,"date":"2022-03-14T21:41:20","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-a-habitable-alternative-earth-would-look-like\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T21:41:20","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T18:41:20","slug":"what-a-habitable-alternative-earth-would-look-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-a-habitable-alternative-earth-would-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"#What a habitable alternative Earth would look like"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a29252eef672\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: 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class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-a-habitable-alternative-earth-would-look-like\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_a_habitable_alternative_Earth_would_look_like%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What a habitable alternative Earth would look like&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-a-habitable-alternative-earth-would-look-like\/#What_would_a_habitable_Earth_alternative_be_like\" >What would a habitable Earth alternative be like?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_a_habitable_alternative_Earth_would_look_like%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What a habitable alternative Earth would look like&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Scientists think they\u2019ve worked out what an Earth-like planet in our neighboring star system could look like.<\/p>\n<p>Astronomers are always hunting for exoplanets, which are just planets outside our Solar System, and they\u2019re particularly interested in finding ones we could live on.<\/p>\n<p>An international team of researchers lead by Swiss university ETH Zurich think they now have a good sense of what an Earth-like planet in our neighboring star system would look like.<\/p>\n<p>In a<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iopscience.iop.org\/article\/10.3847\/1538-4357\/ac4e8c\">\u00a0recent study<\/a>, the team reveal how they used a new model to work out the planet\u2019s composition.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers have their sights set on finding a planet like the three exoplanets orbiting the closest star to our Sun, Proxima Centauri.<\/p>\n<p>The third of these planets was only\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4656700\/new-planet-found-in-our-solar-systems-neighbour\/\">spotted recently<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s called Proxima d and its neighboring planets are called Proxima b and Proxima c.<\/p>\n<p>Proxima b was first spotted in 2016 and finally confirmed in 2020.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-14-at-12.22.29-PM-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Centauri A (left) and \u03b1 Centauri B are stars in the nearest star system to Earth.\" class=\"wp-image-21521803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-14-at-12.22.29-PM-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-14-at-12.22.29-PM-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-14-at-12.22.29-PM-copy.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Centauri A (left) and \u03b1 Centauri B are stars in the nearest star system to Earth.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ESA\/Hubble &amp; NASA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The discovery of Proxima d could indicate that there are many more planets to be found in that region.<\/p>\n<p>We could be looking at a system similar to our own Solar System.<\/p>\n<p>All these exoplanets are about four light-years away, which isn\u2019t that far as exoplanets go.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it\u2019s thought that the three exoplanets aren\u2019t habitable.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists would like to find one in this region that\u2019s a candidate for future exploration when we have the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> this distance.<\/p>\n<p>This lead to the new study which provides a prediction of what a habitable Earth-sized planet, should it exist in our neighboring star system, would look like.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-would-a-habitable-earth-alternative-be-like\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_would_a_habitable_Earth_alternative_be_like\"><\/span>What would a habitable Earth alternative be like?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/earth-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Illustration of the Earth-like exoplanet Proxima Centauri b orbiting the star Proxima Centauri, created on August 24.\" class=\"wp-image-21521916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/earth-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/earth-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/earth-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Illustration of the Earth-like exoplanet Proxima Centauri b orbiting the star Proxima Centauri, created on August 24.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">All About Space Magazine<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The team\u2019s model imagined a habitable planet orbiting the stars Centauri A and Centauri B that belong to the same system as Proxima Centauri.<\/p>\n<p>They dubbed the imagined planet \u2018\u03b1-\u200bCen-Earth\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The research focused mostly on the composition of such a planet.<\/p>\n<p>ETH Zurich explained: \u201cIf it exists, \u03b1-\u200bCen-Earth is likely to be geochemically similar to our Earth, they predict, with a mantle dominated by silicates, but enriched in carbon-bearing species such as graphite and diamond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe capacity for water storage in its rocky interior should be equivalent to that of our home planet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to the study, \u03b1-\u200bCen-Earth would also differ in interesting ways from Earth, with a slightly larger iron core, lower geological activity, and a possible lack of plate tectonics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest surprise, however, was that the early atmosphere of the hypothetical planet could have been dominated by carbon dioxide, methane and water \u2014 similar to that of Earth in the Archean eon, 4 to 2.5 billion years ago when first life emerged on our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The predictions are based on the scientists using a telescope to study the chemical compositions the Centauri A\/B stars and how this could affect a nearby planet.<\/p>\n<p>The study didn\u2019t mention whether there could be alien life living on this imagined planet.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists hope to find a planet like the one they\u2019ve modeled in the coming years and then eventually send a mission there.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story originally <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/tech\/4868729\/habitable-earth-alternative-exoplanet-centauri\/\">on The Sun<\/a> and was reproduced here with permission. <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it 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