Potential signs of life on distant planets sound exciting – but confirmation can take years
- Written by Olivia Harper Wilkins, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Dickinson College
The Taurus molecular cloud is a relatively close star-forming region at 450 light-years away. It has been the site of many astromolecule discoveries.European Southern ObservatoryAstronomers can use telescopes to find specific molecules in the atmospheres of neighboring planets, in nebulae – clouds of interstellar dust and gas –...




