Other Solar Systems Could Be More Habitable Than Ours

SternisheFan sends word of new research out of Ohio State University into the possibility of life arising in other star systems: "Scattered around the Milky Way are stars that resemble our own sun—but a new study is finding that any planets orbiting those stars may very well be hotter and more dynamic than Earth. That's because the interiors of any terrestrial planets in these systems are likely warmer than Earth—up to 25 percent warmer, which would make them more geologically active and more likely to retain enough liquid water to support life, at least in its microbial form. ... 'If it turns out that these planets are warmer than we previously thought, then we can effectively increase the size of the habitable zone around these stars by pushing the habitable zone farther from the host star, and consider more of those planets hospitable to microbial life,' said Unterborn, who presented the results at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco this week."

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Re:So then global warming is a good thing

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, warmer is better.
Far more people die from the effects of cold than of heat.
Humans do well in historic periods of warmth.

When the earth is in a cold spell, people die, starve, and crops fail.

I agree...bring it on. The few degrees that the warming alarmists project (based on sketchy computer models)
would have benefits that off-set some of the alleged harms.
Humans live under conditions with 100 degrees temperature range, and the temperature varies 30-40 degrees in a day.

Organisms evolved in hotter times, and will survive in them again.