We often hear news about habitable #exoplanets, but what does "habitable" actually mean? Is an "Earth-like" planet truly like the Earth?

In our latest ESO blog we clarify some of the confusion around these terms. Check it out!

https://www.eso.org/public/blog/habitable-zone/

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

We often hear news about habitable #exoplanets, but what does "habitable" actually mean? Is an "Earth-like" planet truly like the Earth?

In our latest ESO blog we clarify some of the confusion around these terms. Check it out!

https://www.eso.org/public/blog/habitable-zone/

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

🌍 Astronomers from all over the world are coming to Groningen for the #RockyWorlds4 conference.

'We would like to broaden the ideas about what a rocky planet could be made up of,' says Inga Kamp, astrophysicist at the UG.

Curious? Read more 👇
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/fse/news/matter-and-space/the-search-for-extraterrestrial-life-and-can-we-broaden-our-ideas-about-it
🧪 #SciComm

#astronomy #KapteynInstitute #astrophysics #physics #extraterrestrial #ET #exoplanets #planetary #research #scientistsOnMastodon @universityofgroningen