{"id":645,"date":"2009-06-01T09:36:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T09:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=645"},"modified":"2009-06-01T09:36:56","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T09:36:56","slug":"hunting-for-life-in-alien-worlds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2009\/06\/hunting-for-life-in-alien-worlds\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting for life in alien worlds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/archive\/Hunting-for-life-in-alien-worlds-[plus.maths.org].html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-300\" alt=\"Life_alien_worlds\" src=\"http:\/\/lewis.dsruptiv.net\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Life_alien_worlds.jpg\" width=\"115\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a>Two of the most fundamental questions asked by people are how life emerged on the Earth, and whether we are alone in the cosmos. 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