Life in Terminator Zones: Exploring Planets with Eternal Night.

Astronomers have discovered that life may exist on exoplanets in the terminator zone, where one side of the planet always faces its star and the other side is always dark. These perpetual dawn/dusk zones are perfect for liquid water and therefore life. Ana Lobo's modeling work is believed to be the first of its kind that demonstrates the conditions and scenarios that show how life on these worlds would be possible. Exoplanets in this paradigm are likely more common than not since they’re found around M-dwarf stars, which make up about 70% of all the stars we can see.