Bearing Directly On Life Elsewhere
I'm on a roll here, so Janie's taking a break...
Yesterday came Habitable Planet Possible Around Nearby Star System from Space.com.
As it bears directly on this part of the science conversation from yesterday, I thought it might be good to post about it separately.
We may have a better handle on the Drake Equation sooner than we thought, if there are more of this type of system discovered.
I'm rooting for the Trans-gender Purple Octopus Alien from 55 Cancri myself.
Yesterday came Habitable Planet Possible Around Nearby Star System from Space.com.
As it bears directly on this part of the science conversation from yesterday, I thought it might be good to post about it separately.
A new computer simulation shows that amid the giant worlds orbiting 55 Cancri, a small rocky world could indeed have formed—in theory—and attracted enough water to support life as we know it.
"Our models show a habitable planet, a planet with mass, temperature and water content similar to Earth's, could have formed," said Rory Barnes, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona.
We may have a better handle on the Drake Equation sooner than we thought, if there are more of this type of system discovered.
I'm rooting for the Trans-gender Purple Octopus Alien from 55 Cancri myself.
