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{{redirect|Goldilocks Zone|the more general principle|Goldilocks principle|the planet first called "Goldilocks"|70 Virginis b}}
{{redirect|Habitable zone|the galactic zone|Galactic habitable zone}}
{{redirect|Comfort zone (astronomy)|other uses|Comfort zone (disambiguation)}}
{{merge from|Habitable Exoplanet|date=November 2018}}
{{short description|Zone around a star with strong possibilities for stable liquid water on a suitable planet}}
(contracted; show full)s://books.google.com/books?id=xPqEeB-SRvUC|accessdate=4 May 2013|date=2010|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-0-691-13805-3|page=127}}</ref> [[Su-Shu Huang]], an American astrophysicist, first introduced the term "habitable zone" in 1959 to refer to the area around a star where liquid water could exist on a sufficiently large body, and was the first to introduce it in the context of planetary habitability and extraterrestrial life.<ref name=kasting-1993>{{cite journal |url=
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019103583710109 |title=Habitable Zones around Main Sequence Stars |author1=Kasting, James F. |author2=Whitmire, Daniel P. |author3=Reynolds, Ray T. |journal=Icarus |date=January 1993 |volume=101 |issue=1 |pages=108–118 |doi=10.1006/icar.1993.1010 |bibcode=1993Icar..101..108K |pmid=11536936}}</ref><ref name=huang-1966>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D0UrAAAAYAAJ |title=Extraterrestrial life: An Anthology and Bibliography |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |author=Huang, Su-Shu |date=1966(contracted; show full)=2003|publisher=MIT Press|isbn=978-0-262-69298-4|page=166}}</ref> Similar environments may be found in oceans pressurised beneath solid crusts, such as those of Europa and Enceladus, outside of the habitable zone.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Reynolds, R.T. |author2=McKay, C.P. |author3=Kasting, J.F. |title=Europa, Tidally Heated Oceans, and Habitable Zones Around Giant Planets |journal=Advances in Space Research |volume=7 |issue=5 |pages=125–132 |date=1987 |doi=10.1016/0273-1177(87)90364-4 |url=
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0273117787903644|bibcode = 1987AdSpR...7..125R }}</ref> [[List of microorganisms tested in outer space|Numerous microorganisms have been tested]] in simulated conditions and in low Earth orbit, including eukaryotes. An animal example is the ''[[Milnesium tardigradum]]'', which can withstand extreme temperatures well above the boiling point of water and the cold vacuum of outer space.<ref>{{cite journal|author1=Guidetti, R.  |author2=Jönsson, K.I.|date=2002|title=Long-term anhydrobiotic survi(contracted; show full){{authority control}}

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