Study finds an exoplanet, tilted on its side, could still be habitable if covered in ocean
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 06:00
in Astronomy & Space
Nearly 2,000 planets beyond our solar system have been identified to date. Whether any of these exoplanets are hospitable to life depends on a number of criteria. Among these, scientists have thought, is a planet's obliquity—the angle of its axis relative to its orbit around a star.