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NASA has confirmed that there are over 6,000 exoplanets floating out there in the galaxy, with another 8,000 exoplanets that ...

Unlike earlier studies, which often examined chemistry and atmospheric motion separately, the new simulations combined both.

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NASA has taken a major step toward one of its most ambitious science goals as it searches for signs of life on planets beyond our solar system ...

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