{"622491":{"#nid":"622491","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Alien Life Could Be Hiding Out on Far Fewer Planets Than We Thought","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhere is complex alien life hanging out in the universe? Likely not on planets stewing in toxic gases, according to a new study that dramatically reduces the number of worlds where scientists will have the best luck finding ET. In the past, researchers defined the \u0026quot;habitable zone\u0026quot; based on the distance between the planet and its star; planets that, like Earth, orbit at just the right distance to accommodate temperatures in which liquid water could exist on the planetary surface would be considered \u0026quot;habitable.\u0026quot; But while this definition works for basic, single-celled microbes, it doesn\u0026#39;t work for complex creatures, such as animals ranging from sponges to humans, the researchers said.\u0026nbsp; \u0026quot;Our discoveries provide one way to decide which of these myriad planets we should observe in more detail,\u0026quot; study co-researcher \u003Cstrong\u003EChristopher Reinhard\u003C\/strong\u003E, a former UCR graduate student who is now an assistant professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said in the statement. \u0026quot;We could identify otherwise-habitable planets with carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide levels that are likely too high to support complex life.\u0026quot;\u0026nbsp;This research is also covered by an article in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/science\/1140135\/Alien-life-breakthrough-aliens-news-search-alien-life-space-universe\u0022\u003EExpress\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2019-06-13 14:40:36","changed_gmt":"2019-06-18 18:48:44","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/65685-where-complex-alien-life-exists.html","dateline":{"date":"2019-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-06-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"622372":{"id":"622372","type":"image","title":"Are we alone? (Credit Alternative Earths Astrobiology Center, UCR)","body":null,"created":"1560181254","gmt_created":"2019-06-10 15:40:54","changed":"1560181254","gmt_changed":"2019-06-10 15:40:54","alt":"","file":{"fid":"237048","name":"2019 Alternative Earths (UCR).jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Alternative%20Earths%20%28UCR%29.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2019%20Alternative%20Earths%20%28UCR%29.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":8920,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2019%20Alternative%20Earths%20%28UCR%29.jpg?itok=VqViTxh7"}}},"media_ids":["622372"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}