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Letter: On the great hunt for life beyond our planet (5)

Published 14 October 2020

From Conrad Jones, Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthenshire, UK

Finding what is probably a sign of life in clouds on Venus (3 October, p 12) is eye-opening for anyone seeking extraterrestrials, a hint that we may be looking in the wrong places and that we shouldn’t just be targeting planets in the so-called Goldilocks zone.

Issue no. 3304 published 17 October 2020

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