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Oxygen is not definitive evidence of life on habitable extrasolar planets
2015-09-10 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] The Earth's atmosphere contains oxygen because plants continuously produce it through photosynthesis. This abundant supply of oxygen allows life forms like animals to flourish. Therefore, oxygen had been thought to be an essential biomarker for life on extrasolar planets. But now, a research assistant professor Norio Narita of the Astrobiology Center of National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS), which was founded in April 2015, and an associate professor Shigeyuki Masaoka, of…
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The ingredients for Earth-like planets are present throughout our galaxy
2015-07-13 17:30:19| Extremetech
It turns out Earth-like planets are three times more likely to have the same minerals as Earth than previously expected -- and that the minerals are found throughout our galaxy.
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Astronomers spy a star with its planets right in the middle of formation
2015-07-07 18:00:31| Extremetech
An enormous array of radio-telescopes has taken the first-ever snapshot of a star with a dense cloud of pebble-sized rocks colliding and forming an all-new solar system.
Researchers claim real-life Tatooine-like planets could exist
2015-03-31 22:34:08| Extremetech
Scientists predict real life Tatooines could orbit distant binary stars.
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Scientists: Most stars have Goldilocks planets in the habitable zone
2015-03-20 15:58:27| Extremetech
Researchers have figured out how probable it is for stars in the Milky Way to have planets in the habitable zone, where liquid water could be present, and the result is pretty astounding.
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