Shining (star)light on the search for life

In the hunt for life on other worlds, astronomers scour over planets that are light-years away. They need ways to identify life from afar — but what counts as good evidence? To know a true sign when you see it, you must look beyond the planet itself, all the way to the gleaming star it orbits.
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