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An Earth-size planet discovered around a nearby star offers astronomers their first chance for exoplanetary geology.

Boston MA (SPX) May 16, 2024 - Astronomers at MIT, the University of Liege, and elsewhere have discovered a new planet orbiting a small cold star, a mere 55 light years away. The nearby planet is similar to Earth in its size and

Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence, rather than the presence, of a chemical feature in their atmospheres

Boston MA (SPX) Jan 01, 2024 - Scientists at MIT, the University of Birmingham, and elsewhere say that astronomers best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence, rather than the

<p style="text-align:start">Scientists say astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence of carbon dioxide in their atmospheres. </p>

Scientists say astronomers’ best chance of finding liquid water, and even life on other planets, is to look for the absence of carbon dioxide in their atmospheres.