• Question: Exoplanets are planets outside of our solar system do you think we could find a planet with the right density and gravity for humans to live on

    Asked by anon-225688 to Sameed, Jose, joannabarstow, Heidi, Freya, Chris on 12 Nov 2019. This question was also asked by anon-226061.
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      Joanna Barstow answered on 12 Nov 2019:


      Yes, we certainly could. There are so many planets out there that it’s very likely one of them has the same sort of conditions as the Earth. The two big problems we would have are a) being sure it was somewhere humans could live without visiting it to check and b) being able to get there.

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