Scientists may have just taken one of the biggest steps yet in the search for life beyond Earth. Meet K2 18 b, a distant ...

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Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability An ...

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