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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Nilima Marshall

Scientists devise ‘new and easier’ way to identify habitable exoplanets

Scientists say they have found a new and easier way to identify liquid water – and potentially life – on other planets.

The process involves measuring the amount of carbon dioxide in a planet’s atmosphere and comparing those measurements with that taken from neighbouring worlds.

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