Whether Teegarden’s Star B is habitable will be the topic of exploration today. With the decline in our atmosphere, finding one or more other worlds that can support life as it does on Earth becomes imperative to see if there is any possibility that Teegarden B supports life. In a previous article, we discussed the … Read more
Besides Earth, what are the most habitable planets? Well, in the last article, we discussed that as of April 2022, NASA believed Kepler-452B to be the most likely candidate to be habitable to life. We will cover some of the other planets in contention for this as well. Earth Similarity Index The ESI is a … Read more
As we discussed previously, we are going to start exploring planets besides Earth that are possibly habitable. In previous posts, we have described an Exoplanet and the different categories that help to define them. We will look closely at what criteria determine if a planet is habitable. Requirement #1 – The Presence of Liquid Water … Read more
There are four different types of Exoplanets. They are categorized into Gas Giants, Super Earths, Neptunian, and Terrestrial planets. As you can probably intuit from the category names, the classifications have a lot to do with their size and or composition. But we will get into each category below. Gas Giants These Exoplanets are called … Read more
What are Extrasolar Planets? You will find the answer to that question below. We have previously explored and discussed our solar system, the planets, and dwarf planets. We will now get into Extrasolar Planets or Exoplanets for short. Extrasolar Planets Explained An Extrasolar Planet is a planet located outside our solar system. These planets typically … Read more