{
  "id": 10703480,
  "title": "Older Alien Worlds Might Still Be Stuck in the Slime Age",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/older-alien-worlds-might-still-be-stuck-in-the-slime-age",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:43:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/older-alien-worlds-might-still-be-stuck-in-the-slime-age"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "There’s an active debate in the astrobiology community of where to use our best telescopes to look for our best chance of seeing alien life. That debate has been going on for decades, and will continue for some time to come, but now there’s another option up for consideration. A new paper in the International Journal of Astrobiology by Dr. Christopher Doughty of Northern Arizona University talks…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}