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Searching for alien life: New model could help scientists home in on habitable exoplanets

A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...
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The man who built the spaceships for 2001, Alien, and Empire has died

Science fiction aficionados and fans of practical effects will want to pour one out today: Brian Johnson, a man responsible ...