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Welcome
The Planetary Habitability Laboratory (PHL) is a research and educational virtual laboratory dedicated to studies of the habitability of Earth, the Solar System, and extrasolar planets. Check the projects link for more details about the scientific projects. There are also links to scientific and educational materials, data and software tools related to planetary science and astrobiology that might be of interest to scientists, students, and the general public. The PHL is managed by the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo.

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Main Projects

HEC is the first extensive catalog on the number, diversity, and characteristics of habitable exoplanets in the universe. It uses new developments by the PHL like the Earth Similarity Index (ESI), the Habitable Zones Distance (HZD), classification systems, and comparisons with Earth past and present, to help assess the habitability of exoplanets.
Visible Paleo-Earth (VPE)

The VPE is the first collection of photorealistic visualizations of our planet from space in the last 750 million years. It uses paleogeography and paleoclimate reconstructions combined with NASA satellite imagery to generate our best interpretation of the evolution of the global visual appearance of Earth throughout time.

LabNotes

  • The PHL's LabNotes section is an open science notebook, like a preprint space, where current ideas and results are explored. Its content is mostly oriented to scientists, specially to those involved in our projects. However, many of the entries contain links to images and software that could be of interest to the general scientific community, educators, and public. Subscribe via RSS.
  • Three Hot Subterran Exoplanets around KOI-961 Here are some quick stellar and planetary properties (Tables 1 and 2) for the three exoplanets system KOI-961 plus the basic habitability assessment with the Habitable Zone Distance (HZD ...
    Posted Jan 11, 2012 6:05 PM by Abel Mendez Torres
  • AAS 219 Press Conference: Extraordinary Exoplanets Here are the abstracts of the presentations related to the AAS 219 press conference Extraordinary Exoplanets schedule on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 1:00 PM CST (3:00 PM ...
    Posted Jan 11, 2012 10:15 AM by Abel Mendez Torres
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Latest Multimedia
  • The PHL's Media section contains many interesting multimedia used as part of presentations or publications. Most of the content is original, but material from other sources is available and credited.
  • Earth in Physical Colors Human eyes have many limitations. For example, blue tones generally look darker compared to other colors because our eyes are less sensitive to blue light. Here is the latest "Blue ...
    Posted Jan 25, 2012 4:19 PM by Abel Mendez Torres
  • The ESI and HZD Exoplanets Habitability Indices These are introduction slides to the Earth Similarity Index (ESI) and the Habitable Zone Distance (HZD), two habitability indices for exoplanets. They are discussed in more detail as part of ...
    Posted Nov 25, 2011 11:07 PM by Abel Mendez Torres
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