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This not-so-little piece of equipment could change astronomy forever. And it could be about to find alien life. Maybe in a matter of days. What is this powerful new tool? How could it detect life in ...

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Astrobiologists are raising concerns that humanity’s search for alien life may be limited by the very tools designed to find it.

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