New-found planet may have life on it: Here's what we know so far
Monday, November 19, 2018 @ 1:57 PM
COULD there really be life on other planets, and would it resemble any known species on Earth...even the human race? Popular culture has been full of inventions of extraterrestrial creatures, from little green men with multiple eyes to white, pointy-faced Munch-style Scream faces, but almost 60 years on from the moon landings, we're still none the wiser.
Space scientists have been focusing mainly on Mars in recent years, but their Holy Grail could be closer to home: Barnard B, a 'Super-Earth' discovered just this week, is a mere six light years from our own planet and may well hold the key to the question we've been asking ourselves for decades: what does life elsewhere in the universe actually look like?
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