For the first time, scientists have found a rocky planet with an atmosphere orbiting in a star’s habitable zone. Researchers from Harvard University say the Earth-like world has conditions similar to those on Earth.
The exoplanet, LHS 1140 b, is 48 light-years from Earth. It orbits a red dwarf star at a distance close enough for water to remain liquid, but far enough away that it would not boil.
But a habitable ring around the twilight portion sounds very cool and world build-y.
Ryloth from Star Wars where the people with the head tentacles are from is such a planet.
Aren’t there issues with constant and unsurvivable wind as atmosphere is heated on the sunward side and cold atmo from the leeward rushes in underneath?
It’d be an interesting environment. What if the atmosphere was thin so the winds were fast, but not strong? Lots of variables to consider, and I’m sure if life could start, it’d find a niche to live in.
It’s not unsurvivable if the organisms there have evolved to survive it.
From our understanding, life is likely to start in water - Not sure how much that’s impacted by winds
But I recon life can evolve in billions of directions, so over time something larger might survive on ground and in air
I’m pretty sure there was a Vin Diesel movie with that premise.