Contributing Factors to a Planet's Potential Ability to Support Life (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Contributing Factors to a Planet's Potential Ability to Support Life

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At its orbit, the exoplanet Proxima b likely couldn't sustain an Earth-like atmosphere.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Mary Pat Hrybyk-Keith

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