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A red dwarf’s escaping plasma forces a rethink of 'habitable zone' safety

This is no longer the case with the red dwarf named StKM 1-1262, giving astronomers the signal that has been long sought by ...

Two new exoplanets and the need for new habitable zone definitions

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...
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How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large space telescope which collects light at infrared wavelengths. It has been ...

Astronomers Are Finding Earth-Like Planets. Which Ones Might Harbor Alien Life?

Exoplanets like Earth have been discovered but not all Earth-like planets are equal when it comes to alien life.
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Beyond the habitable zone: Exoplanet atmospheres are the next clue to finding life on planets orbiting distant stars

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Morgan Underwood, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for ...