Snowball planets may still have habitable hotspots

When looking for other planets that could be hosting life, astronomers tend to focus on those that are very Earth-like. But doing so might be limiting our scope too much and underselling life's hardiness. A new study has used simulations to show that even Earth-like planets completely encased in ice could still have areas warm enough for life, muddying up the already-murky definition of habitable worlds.

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Category: Space

Tags:

• Earth
• Exoplanet
• Geology
• Habitable zone
• Life
• Planet
• Simulations

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