[ad_1] New York: The next generation of powerful Earth- and space-based telescopes will be able to hunt distant solar systems for evidence of life on Earth-like exoplanets – particularly those that chaperone burned-out stars known as white dwarfs. The chemical properties of those far-off worlds could indicate that life exists …
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[ad_1] Some very powerful telescopes will see the first light in the near future. One of them is the long-awaited James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). One of JWST’s roles, and the role of the other upcoming areas too, is to search for biosignatures in the atmospheres of exoplanets. Now, a …
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