The exoplanet LHS 1140b may have a temperature that could allow for liquid water on its surface. Just possibly, it could support the existence of life.
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PHD Student in Art History & Visual Studies, University of Victoria
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Professor, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria
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Canada Research Chair in Urban Planning for Climate Change, Associate Professor of Geography and Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
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Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Victoria
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Teaching Professor, Geography, University of Victoria
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Senior Indigenous Advisor with the Indigenous Watersheds Initiative, Practitioner Avisor to the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria
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Lecturer in Political Science, University of Victoria
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PhD Candidate, Social Psychology, University of Victoria
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Co-Director; Associate Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Policy of the POLIS Project; Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria
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Rebecca Black is a Friend of The Conversation.
Community Researcher, Geography & Civil Engineering, University of Victoria
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Professor of Geography, University of Victoria
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Director of Place-Based Projects, POLIS Water Sustainability Project, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor of International Business, University of Victoria
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Associate Teaching Professor, Mathematics, University of Victoria