Chandra Maps Sun's Habitability Zones

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Habitable Worlds Observatory

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These nearby star systems could be good targets in the search for alien life

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The map was created by the Chandra telescope, which has been in orbit for 25 years .

The stars mapped by the telescope are arranged in concentric rings around the sun, at distances between 16.3 light years and 49 light-years .

The habitable zone or "Goldilocks zone" is a region around a star that is neither too hot nor too cold to allow liquid water to exist on a world's surface.

The team's research was presented at the 244th meeting of the American Astronomical Society meeting in Madison , Wisconsin . Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World , New Scientist , Astronomy Magazine , All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science . He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics . Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University . Follow him on Twitter @sciencef1rst..