About those stories of the detection of a possible molecular signature of life on a distant planet: the molecule they are talking about can also arise without life. “That’s a rather huge caveat!” (It’s never aliens. (Until it is. (Someday.)))
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About those stories of the detection of a possible molecular signature of life on a distant planet: the molecule they are talking about can also arise without life. “That’s a rather huge caveat!” (It’s never aliens. (Until it is. (Someday.)))
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