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Cornell Team Publishes Vetted List of 45 Rocky Exoplanets Most Likely to Host Life

The peer-reviewed list steers scarce telescope time toward nearby worlds with the best odds of showing atmospheres.

Lassen 'Fire Amoeba' Replicates at 63°C, Setting a New Eukaryotic Heat Limit

Scientists Detect Habitable-Zone ‘Super‑Earth’ GJ 251 c Just 18 Light‑Years Away

New ‘Radical Mundanity’ Hypothesis Recasts the Fermi Paradox

JWST Finds Phosphine on Ancient Brown Dwarf, Matching Model Predictions

First Synthesis of Methanetetrol Reveals Photodissociation Hurdles for Interstellar Detection