Habitability
The Universe
The Solar System
Scientific Foundations
Other
100

The habitable zone around the sun will do this as the sun ages

Expand outwards

100

This method detects exoplanets by observing the planet block some of its host star's light

Transit method

100

This is the hottest planet in our solar system

Venus

100

Any molecule containing carbon is considered this

Organic molecule

100

This is a shortcut between two distant parts of the universe through hyperspace

Wormhole

200

This protects us from the sun's UV radiation

The ozone layer

200

The doppler effect tells us that stars moving away from us will appear this way.

Redder

200

This mechanism allows many Jovian moons to have subsurface oceans

Tidal heating

200

This process regulates Earth's climate long term

The carbon dioxide cycle

200

What term in the Drake equation do we have the most accurate value for?

Number of habitable planets
300

Key evidence suggesting Venus once had liquid water comes from measurements of this in its atmosphere

Deuterium

300

This term refers to the energy radiated by an object that absorbs all incident radiation

Blackbody radiation

300

Due to this effect, water can move above the ozone layer and undergo photodissociation

The moist greenhouse effect.

300

This is the same for all observers in all frames

The speed of light

300

This is defined to be the minimum velocity required for an object to escape the gravitational pull of a body

Escape velocity

400

Without this a planet's atmosphere would be slowly stripped away by the solar wind

Magnetosphere

400

This technique detects an exoplanet by the wobble of its host star

Astrometric technique

400

The source of gas in Mars's atmosphere is unknown, but could possibly be a sign of life

Methane

400

This person realized the OBAFGKM stellar classification system was a temperature scale

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

400

Why is Mars losing its atmosphere?

Lack of a magnetosphere

500

Changes in this planetary characteristic causes significant changes in the climate of mars over time

Axial tilt

500

This manmade object was the first to enter interstellar space

Voyager 1

500

This is the only moon with its own atmosphere

Titan
500

Early SETI efforts focused on 1420 MHz radio frequencies. This frequency corresponds to a signal from what natural source?

Neutral hydrogen

500

This effect allows moons like Europa to have their own magnetic field

Induction
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