Pre-reading questions:
- Do you think there are other habitable planets? Please explain your answer.
- Will there be a time in the future when humans can finally live in another planet? Why or why not?
Vocabulary:
- potential /puh-ten-shuhl/
- rotate /roh-teyt/
- Celsius /sel-see-uh s/
- barely /bair-lee/
- recent /ree-suhnt/
[adjective] possible but not yet achieved
Mr. Clarins is one of the potential clients in our business.
[verb] to turn around an axis or center point
The Earth is rotating around the sun for 365.256 days.
[adjective] (°C) measurement of temperature in which water freezes at 0° and boils at 100°
The normal temperature in the Philippines is 26.6 °C.
[adverb] by the smallest amount
The patient’s eye grade was so high that she can barely see.
[adjective] have happened or have been done a short time ago
The recent findings about the new planet were announced to the public yesterday.
Barnard-b is discovered to be a new potential home for simple alien lives said by scientists Edward Guinan and Scott Engle. It is the nearby world rotating around the Barnard Star which is the second closest star system to Earth. It has a minimum of 3.2 Earth masses.
It was first discovered as a very cold planet with a temperature of minus 170 degrees Celsius that could instantly kill any organism. Light and water are also barely present there. However, the recent findings showed that the planet has tidal heating underneath that can make it livable. This was announced at the 233rd meeting of the American Astronomy Society (AAS).
It was first discovered as a very cold planet with a temperature of minus 170 degrees Celsius that could instantly kill any organism. Light and water are also barely present there. However, the recent findings showed that the planet has tidal heating underneath that can make it livable. This was announced at the 233rd meeting of the American Astronomy Society (AAS).
Comprehension Questions:
- What was discovered to be a new potential home for simple alien lives?
- How many earth masses does the planet Barnard-b have?
- What are barely present on planet Barnard-b?
- How cold is Planet Barnard-b?
- What was found underneath its surface?
Discussion Questions:
- How do you think the tidal heating help on making Barnard-b potential to be a livable planet?
- What is your opinion about Planet Barnard-b being a new home to aliens?
- Do you think there are other planets where aliens are already living in? Please explain your answer.
- Is there a possibility that uninhabitable planets can develop to be inhabitable? Why or why not?
- Do you think planet Earth also has tidal heating? Please explain your answer.