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suitable for living in
the frigid Arctic is not habitable for amphibians and reptiles—or for humans, either, for that matter
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Related stories: —What really makes a planet habitable?
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
And perhaps most important, how do these findings affect our search for habitable worlds?
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
This effect was predicted to limit JWST's ability to study habitable planets.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
It is being designed to detect and study Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of sun-like stars.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
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Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Feb. 2025
And perhaps most important, how do these findings affect our search for habitable worlds?
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
This effect was predicted to limit JWST's ability to study habitable planets.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
It is being designed to detect and study Earth-like planets in the habitable zones of sun-like stars.
—Dakotah Tyler, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Habitable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habitable. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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