The discovery boosts the chances of finding extraterrestrial life.

Astronomers have discovered a rocky exoplanet that has an atmosphere and sits within the habitable zone of a solar system.

Geeks rejoice. A new study suggests that if extraterrestrial life exists, it’s likely being lived on this exoplanet.

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