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    'Are we alone?' Study Refines Which Exoplanets Are Potentially Habitable

    First study to combine 3D climate modeling with chemistry explores M dwarf planets Study is the first to include 3D chemistry to understand how a star's radiation heats or cools a rocky planet's atmosphere Information will help astronomers know where to search for life elsewhere Researchers find that only planets orbiting active stars lose water to vaporization Some planets, previously believed to be habitable, receive too much UV radiation to sustain life EVANSTON, Ill.