Abstract:<p>The intersection of environmental conditions with the conditions permissive for life defines habitability. Consequently, our understanding of habitability is fundamentally limited by our understanding of the multidimensional niche space for life, which up to now, is based on our one known data point: life on Earth. Terrestrial life has evolved to tolerate environmental conditions found on Earth, and as most physiological studies are limited to extant organisms, it is likely that life has poten… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.