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What's That Smell? It's Sulfur - A New Tool For Finding Alien Life


ve identified sulfur as a potentially crucial indicator in narrowing the search for life on other planets. While sulfur itself is not necessarily an indication of habitability, significant concentrations of sulfur dioxide in a planet's atmosphere can suggest that the planet is likely uninhabitable, allowing researchers to eliminate it from further consideration.

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