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  • Book Review: Life in the Universe by Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak, and Bruce Jakosky

    Life in the Universe is an insightful and engaging textbook that explores astrobiology, planetary science, and the search for extraterrestrial life. Written by Jeffrey Bennett, Bruce Jakosky, and Seth Shostak, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach, integrating astronomy, biology, and… Continue reading

    Book Review: Life in the Universe by Jeffrey Bennett, Seth Shostak, and Bruce Jakosky

  • K2-18b

    Roughly 124 light-years away in the Leo constellation lies K2-18b, a distant world first identified in 2015 through data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope. This exoplanet orbits a cool red dwarf star, K2-18, within its habitable zone, where conditions might… Continue reading

    K2-18b

  • Book Review: The Secret Life of the Universe by Nathalie A. Cabrol

    In The Secret Life of the Universe, astrobiologist Nathalie A. Cabrol takes readers on an exciting journey to explore the possibility of life beyond Earth. She explains how life may have started here and what that tells us about where… Continue reading

    Book Review: The Secret Life of the Universe by Nathalie A. Cabrol