
49-light-year Earth-like planet gets first confirmed atmosphere in habitable zone
A confirmed rocky-atmosphere discovery at 49 light years shifts exoplanet life searches from hints to evidence and accelerates the next funding cycles.

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A confirmed rocky-atmosphere discovery at 49 light years shifts exoplanet life searches from hints to evidence and accelerates the next funding cycles.
Helium loss from a rocky exoplanet around LHS 1140 lets scientists infer the remaining atmosphere after billions of years.
This first detection gives the best evidence yet that Earth-like, potentially life-supporting worlds exist beyond our solar system.

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Strontium isotopes and teeth DNA show where at least 150 children lived before the Royal Navy freed them.

A first for rocky exoplanets: direct atmospheric helium evidence, plus the added pressure of habitability questions.

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A 4,000-year-old Stonehenge-area burial once displayed as a bearded man is now confirmed female.

This first-of-its-kind detection widens what scientists can measure, and changes the odds for worlds that could host life.

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