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This Planet Is Habitable with a Probability of 84%

This Planet Is Habitable with a Probability of 84%

Bright Side Universe

February 19, 202612m 19s

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Scientists have identified a distant world with an estimated 84% chance of being potentially habitable.

Orbiting within its star’s “Goldilocks zone,” this exoplanet could have the right temperature for liquid water—one of the key ingredients for life. But how do researchers calculate habitability from light-years away? And what does 84% really mean?

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