alien life
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New Scale Pinpoints Most Life-Friendly Alien Planets
Researchers at the University of Washington’s Virtual Planetary Laboratory have devised a new habitability index for judging how suitable alien planets might be for life. The point of the exercise is to help scientists prioritise future targets for close-ups from NASA’s yet-to-be-launched James Webb Space Telescope and other instruments.
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Rare Shot Of Venus Crossing The Sun May Help Us Find Alien Life
The image you’re looking at is a rare and beautiful event. Every 115 years, Venus crosses our sun in Earth’s line of sight — twice. And when the most recent crossing took place, scientists used the event to take a peek at Venus’s atmosphere, refining tools that will one day help astronomers search distant worlds…
