If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look.

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If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look.

They have identified just under 50 rocky worlds most likely to be habitable out of the more than 6,000 exoplanets discovered so far.

Their research, published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, would be useful in a scenario portrayed in the newly released Hollywood blockbuster Project Hail Mary.

Learn more: https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/research-highlights/best-places-look-alien-life-scientists-identify-45-earth-worlds

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