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Worlds more habitable than Earth? They’re out there

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A few years ago, in a lab in Berlin, astrobiologist Iva Vilovic was thrilled when she observed garden cress sprouting under a light designed to mimic a “K-dwarf” star — an orange-hued star that’s cooler and slower-burning than our yellow sun.

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    A few years ago, in a lab in Berlin, astrobiologist Iva Vilovic was thrilled when she observed garden cress sprouting under a light designed to mimic a “K-dwarf” star — an orange-hued star that’s cooler and slower-burning than our yellow sun.

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