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Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take years

  • Written by Olivia Harper Wilkins, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dickinson College
Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take yearsThe Taurus molecular cloud is a relatively close star-forming region at 450 light-years away. It has been the site of many astromolecule discoveries.European Southern Observatory

Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae – clouds of interstellar dust and gas –...

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