Galactic habitable zone – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Tue, 25 Apr 2017 07:20:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Extending Galactic Habitable Zone Modeling to Include the Emergence of Intelligent Life — By Morrison Ian S. and Gowanlock Michael G. | Astrobiology https://lifeboat.com/blog/2015/09/extending-galactic-habitable-zone-modeling-to-include-the-emergence-of-intelligent-life-by-morrison-ian-s-and-gowanlock-michael-g-astrobiology Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:17:58 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=17232 images

“Previous studies of the galactic habitable zone have been concerned with identifying those regions of the Galaxy that may favor the emergence of complex life. A planet is deemed habitable if it meets a set of assumed criteria for supporting the emergence of such complex life. In this work, we extend the assessment of habitability to consider the potential for life to further evolve to the point of intelligence—termed the propensity for the emergence of intelligent life, φI.”

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