Astronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae – clouds of interstellar dust and gas – hundreds or thousands of light-years away, or in galaxies beyond the far reaches of the Milky Way. So far, astronomers have found more than 350 molecules in the spaces between and around stars in justContinue reading “Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take years”
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