When I write or give public talks about exoplanets—alien worlds orbiting other stars—­the most common question I’m asked is, “When will we find another Earth?”

It’s a good question. As we’re learning, space is filled with a great many wildly differing worlds, and it’s natural to wonder whether there’s an Earth 2.0 out there or whether they’re all truly, well, alien.

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