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The Hot Heart: How "Stuck" Planets Could Redefine the Search for Alien Life

For decades, our search for life beyond Earth has been guided by a simple principle: follow the water. We look for planets in the "Goldilocks Zone," where it's not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist. But a fascinating new hypothesis suggests we might be looking in too narrow a window. The key to finding life could lie in the fiery hearts of planets that are gravitationally shackled to their stars.

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