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In the quest to find alien life, scientists are searching for extrasolar Earth-Jupiter duos

Jupiter played a key role in life developing on Earth, so to boost the search for life outside the solar system, scientists have built a catalog of small, Earth-like planets with Jupiter-like siblings. ....

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NASA's Psyche spacecraft launches on first mission ever to a metal-rich asteroid

A NASA probe launched into space Friday on a 2.2-billion-mile journey to a huge, metal-rich space rock in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ....

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NASA set to journey to a metal-rich asteroid

It's a world like no other: a metal-rich asteroid that could be the remnants of a small planet, or perhaps an entirely new type of celestial body unknown to science. "We've visited either in person or robotically worlds made of rock, worlds made of ice and worlds made of gas. but this will be our first time visiting a world that has a metal surface," lead scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton told reporters during a briefing this week. ....

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James Webb Space Telescope could determine if nearby exoplanet is habitable

The exoplanet LP 890-9c resides near the inner edge of its star's habitable zone, and if conditions are favorable it could potentially support liquid water and life. ....

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