Researchers searching for signs of extraterrestrial life just got some very bad news

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By using Earth and our sun as a reference, scientists have spent decades honing in on the conditions required for a planet to support life. The identification of the so-called "Goldilocks zone," which is the area around a star in which liquid water can exist on the surface of a planet, has been the key for researchers spotting exoplanets which are good candidates for extraterrestrial life. Unfortunately, new research conducted by astronomers at the University of Hull in England suggests that there's plenty of stars in our own galaxy that simply cannot support life whatsoever, and it's a huge bummer.

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