Exploring one of science's most exciting frontiers, the book "Life in Space" bridges astrophysics and biology to uncover the ...

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As telescopes have become more powerful, it’s turned out our solar system is not the only game in town: There are millions of ...

For centuries our solar system was the only planetary system known to humans. We had no proof other worlds existed beyond those in our own cosmic backyard, and we imagined that if other planetary ...