What is important about the habitable zone around a star that makes astronomers believe life could exist there?

a. The level of UV radiation from the star is minimal there.
b. Only in the life zone can complex organic molecules be found.
c. Planets in the life zone will always have oxygen atmospheres.
d. In the life zone water can exist as a liquid.


d

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