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A study led by Howard Chen looks to explain what NASA space telescopes are missing in the search for life beyond Earth.
On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...