Laura Schaefer

School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences
Stanford University

Evolution of Habitable Zones

As a courtesy, this animation is available for download in the following formats and sizes:

GIF

Habitable Zone 720p // 5.3 MB
Habitable Zone 1080p // 26 MB

MP4 Video

Habitable Zone 720p // 0.6 MB
Habitable Zone 1080p // 3.6 MB

This visualization uses the conservative habitable zone boundaries of Selsis et al. 2007 [1] based on recent Venus and early Mars. Luminosities and effective temperatures were taken from the stellar evolution models of Isabelle Baraffe [2].

Animation by: Zavisa Dogic

[1] Selsis, F. et al. (2007) A&A 476, 1373–1387

[2] Baraffe, I. et al. (2015) A&A,577, 42