Are We Alone?

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This is the first step towards answering the question, are we alone? He wants to know if he can predict whether planets have atmospheres or not. So there's actually this really neat pattern that scientists find in our own solar system. And it turns out as just a function of how big the planets are and how warm they are.

After decades of planning, NASA is finally (finally!) set to launch the successor to the Hubble. The new Webb telescope will be a paradigm shift for astronomy, exploring places in the cosmos that have been completely invisible to us until now. But first, it has to safely reach a point nearly a million miles away from the Earth.

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