NASA’s search for life on other planets: 5 fascinating facts

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NASA is trying to find clear signs of life on planets beyond Earth.

Early missions like Kepler and K2 help us find planets that might support life.

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The James Webb Space Telescope is built to find large, Earth-like planets.

It can study big planets called gas giants and also super-Earths.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will look for water, oxygen or other signs of life.

The launch of this new telescope is scheduled for May 2027

Future telescopes in the 2030s or 2040s will help us look deeper into space.

What is Bermuda Triangle of space?

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