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Quote of the Day: Life on Other Planets

A UC Santa Cruz astronomer discovered a planet that could sustain life.

"It makes us optimistic that there may be intelligent, advanced beings probably nearby that maybe we'll be able to get in touch with. That's the reason we've been looking at the nearest stars. ... Does that mean life is there? No. But all signs are go."

Steven Vogt, on the possibility of life on other planets. Vogt, a UC Santa Cruz astronomer, recently discovered the first outer space planet that could support life.


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