Tag: Lisa Kaltenegger

  • Nation & World

    Water worlds surface

    Astronomers have found a planetary system orbiting the star Kepler-62. This five-planet system has two worlds in the habitable zone — the distance from their star at which they receive enough light and warmth for liquid water to theoretically exist on their surfaces.

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  • Nation & World

    ‘It is within our grasp’

    Answers to questions about life in the universe is “within our grasp,” astronomer Lisa Kaltenegger said at an Origins of Life Initiative forum.

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