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Looking for life around dead stars

Posted on September 16, 2020 By Carl Sagan Institute, Media Relations and News

A rocky planet orbiting a white dwarf—a star in a phase after death—would present an excellent opportunity to search for molecules that signify life using the James Webb Space Telescope, say Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute, and Ryan MacDonald, a research associate there.

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