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Scientists Find a Potentially Habitable Planet The holy grail of astronomers is life on another planet, presumably one that's a lot like Earth. NASA's search is now focused on Kepler 186 F . It's the first of its kind to be discovered -- and there could be many more like it. Alex Knapp is a staff writer on science and technology at Forbes magazine.
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