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How alien can a planet be and still support life?

Earth scientists reimagine the Goldilocks zone and what makes a planet habitable

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THINKING OUTSIDE THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE  The hunt for extraterrestrial life has long focused on planets at a just-right distance from alien stars, where liquid water can exist on a planet’s surface.

Nicolle Rager Fuller

By Thomas Sumner

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