Recent observations suggest that scientists have identified potential microbial fingerprints in the atmospheres of other planets, raising intriguing questions about the possibility of alien life ...

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Astronomers usually don't like clouds. After all, clouds obscure their view of the cosmos. But dense cloud coverage is now something astronomers might look for on distant exoplanets. Researchers at ...