Black holes might not just swallow stars-they could destroy habitable worlds

The Galactic Scale of Habitability Astronomers searching for potentially habitable worlds usually start by examining the star a planet orbits. If the planet is at just the right distance—not too close, not too far—liquid water could theoretically exist at its surface. This is what’s known as the “habitable zone.”
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