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AtaracticGoat t1_j1eosdo wrote

I highly doubt a tidally locked planet could ever support human life.

Even if it's far enough away from the star that the hot side is temperate, the cold side would be super cold. If the atmosphere is as thick as Earth's I imagine this would result in constant powerful storms across the planet. I doubt you could ever get an ecosystem to properly survive to produce oxygen in sufficient levels for humans.

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StrangeTangerine1525 t1_j1exgmf wrote

The study is referring to alien life, not anything from Earth. I don't think scientists or anyone else besides sci-fi writers care if humans could life on a planet orbiting on red dwarf, you have to have the tech to get there first, and then again, why would you want to go there?

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LeaveIt4Later t1_j1f4gsx wrote

We could run long pipes sending water to the hot side to come back as steam and bring energy back to the cold side, where we would live. Or live underground. If we had the technology to even get to one of these planets I'm sure making some form of home there wouldn't be an issue.

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