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Peering beyond the haze of alien worlds, and how failures help us make new discoveries

Science Magazine Podcast

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What Do You Know About Tollons and How Do They Interact With Light?

The tholons produced by these chambers are very different from the ones that Sagan and Cari produced in the 70s and 80s. They have different optical properties, so they interact with light in a different way than the original tholons did. And that's really the crucial thing to figuring out what their impact is on the light that's coming to us.

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