The Nicest Neighborhoods in the Universe
What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? It turns out, certain parts of a star system, a galaxy, and even the universe as we know it, are more habitable than others. Get to know...
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Seems like every week we hear about new planets being discovered outside of our solar system And scientists are even beginning to describe and select few of those planets as potentially earth-like. What does that even mean? What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? And how common are habitable planets likely to be in our galaxy or anywhere else? Well there are lots of factors that work together to make certain parts of a star system or galaxy or even the universe as we know it, more habitable than others. It's like Panem, or like Michigan. There are some parts that are lovely and quite comfortable and others that you wouldn't want to be caught dead in because you'd be dead. Let's start our tour of the universe's nicest...
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Seems like every week we hear about new planets being discovered outside of our solar system And scientists are even beginning to describe and select few of those planets as potentially earth-like. What does that even mean? What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? And how common are habitable planets likely to be in our galaxy or anywhere else? Well there are lots of factors that work together to make certain parts of a star system or galaxy or even the universe as we know it, more habitable than others. It's like Panem, or like Michigan. There are some parts that are lovely and quite comfortable and others that you wouldn't want to be caught dead in because you'd be dead. Let's start our tour of the universe's nicest...
