Project Hail Mary meets reality: 45 planets could harbor alien life

Project Hail Mary meets reality: 45 planets could harbor alien life - Date: - March 25, 2026 - Source: - Royal Astronomical Society - Summary: - Astronomers have narrowed down the cosmic search for life, identifying fewer than 50 rocky planets among thousands of known exoplanets that may have the right conditions to support life. Using new data from ESA’s Gaia mission and NASA archives, researchers pinpointed worlds in the “habitable zone,” where temperatures could allow liquid water to exist...