The Closest Alien Planets
As the James Webb telescope becomes operational, we'll soon start receiving more data than ever before on the exoplanets nearest to us. The only problem is.... what ARE the exoplanets nearest to us? Today we're taking a look at our closest neighbors to see what our chances of finding alien life are close to home.
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https://esahubble.org/videos/archive/...
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-wor...
http://astrobiology.com/2019/12/simul...
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.c...
http://astrobiology.com/2019/10/no-sn...
https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.c...
https://www.nas.nasa.gov/SC19/demos/d...
https://climate-dynamics.org/videos/t...
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1405.1025.pdf