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Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting — but confirmation can take years

Today in the History of Astronomy

April 21, 1994: The discovery of exoplanets

Alien Life, Features

Could this telescope find life on alien worlds?

Exoplanets, Stars

JWST reveals how dust becomes planets

The first commercial space telescope just achieved first light

TOI-6255 b: a planet on the edge of destruction

No signs of technology on exoplanet K2-18 b

Astronomers confirm potentially habitable exoplanet in the solar neighborhood

Exoplanets, Science

Only a small number of planets may harbor life

Alien Life, Exoplanets, Science, Stars

Which stars near the Sun have the best chance to host life?

Animal life unlikely around a third of stars in the galaxy, study says

Astronomers measure mass and distance of free-floating planet