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Dead stars may actually be a good place to hunt for life, plus organic-free asteroids and watery comets in this week’s news

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

Life among dead stars
Dead stars may be some of the best, yet often overlooked, places to find Earth-sized habitable planets. Eric Agol of the University of Washington in Seattle considers a group of dead stars known as white dwarfs — the final stage of sunlike stars.