Alien life could be out there as organisms have been discovered that survive in hydrogen. Scientists say the gas creates an atmosphere that traps heat and dramatically increases the number of potentially habitable planets.
And that includes rocky “super Earths” previously dismissed as being too far from their suns to be warm enough to sustain lifeforms.
Professor Sara Seager, who has made it her mission to find extraterrestrial life, says we are close to a breakthrough. The award-winning astrophysicist said: “Life could thrive in a much broader variety of environments than is usually considered. “Rocky exoplanets more massive than Earth can retain a significant amount of hydrogen in their atmosphere. “Hydrogen atmospheres are likely to be
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