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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 materialsdata 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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  • The PHL's LabNotes section is an open science notebook, a preprint space, where current ideas and results are explored. Its content is mostly oriented to scientists, specifically 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.
  • Statistics of Nearby Earth-like Planets Around M-dwarfs Stars Here is an analysis on the frequency, number, distance, and probability of Earth-like planets (Earth-size within the habitable zone) around M-dwarf stars within 10 parsecs (~33 light ...
    Posted Apr 8, 2013, 1:20 AM by Abel Mendez Torres
  • Transits of Earth-like Exoplanets and Exomoons Here are a few transit simulations of Earth-like planets with and without moons (Figures 1-3) including Avatar's Pandora (Figure 4). All simulations assume long cadence observations (every ...
    Posted Apr 29, 2013, 12:31 AM by Abel Mendez Torres
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  • The PHL's Media section contains many interesting multimedia items prepared for presentations or publications. Most of the content is original, but materials from other sources are also included and credited.
  • The Habitable Zone This plot shows the extension of the recently redefined Habitable Zone around F, G, K, and M stars. The Warm 'Habitable' Zone is divided into a narrower 'Conservative Habitable Zone ...
    Posted Mar 23, 2013, 9:18 PM by Abel Mendez Torres
  • Tracking Down New Earths Kepler is the NASA's first mission capable of finding Earth-size planets. This big infographic shows some important figures of the mission up to March 2013. Click for a ...
    Posted Mar 20, 2013, 12:29 AM by Abel Mendez Torres
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