If you feel like escaping life on earth right now, here's an interesting piece on where else in the galaxy we might find it. It's also incredible that we have a telescope now that can not only detect planets on other stars, but even measure the temperature difference on their day and night sides.
The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’ | Quanta Magazine
Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know where to look — and that means figuring out which planets are likely to have atmospheres in the first place.
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