(THE CONVERSATION) When astronomers search for planets that could host liquid water on their surface, they start by looking at a star’s habitable zone. Water is a key ingredient for life, and on a ...

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NASA on Wednesday released new images and data of Comet 3I/ATLAS, the rare interstellar object that set off weeks of ...