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Andrew Fraknoi"I would never say we can never reach the stars and possible habitable planets."
Arwen E Nicholson"There is no planet B [habitable to human beings]."
Larissa Palethorpe"[W]e're more likely to detect planets in the habitable zone with TESS [NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite]."
Emily GilbertTOI 700 system "is one of only a few systems with multiple, small, habitable-zone planets that we know of."Jan 11, 2023
Keming ZhangAfter the habitable zone moves to around Jupiter and Saturn's orbit, "I think, in that case, humanity could migrate out there."
Dirk Schulze-Makuch"Our sun is actually not the best kind of star for hosting a planet with lots of life on it."
Hiroyuki Tako Ishikawa"The discovery of Gliese 12 b is a stepping stone towards finding potentially habitable planets."
Ingo Waldmann"[I]t is likely that this is the first discovery [water vapor found on planet K2-18b] of many potentially habitable planets."
Amaury Triaud"[T]his planet [TOI-715 b discovered in February] is for sure in the habitable zone."
Adam Frank"Almost every sun-like star in the galaxy has a planet where life could form."
Larissa PalethorpeGliese 12 b is "either in the habitable zone of its star or it is right on the edge of it — so, it could be habitable."
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