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Edinburgh scientists search for life and danger in the cosmos

STV News went along to meet them at the University of Edinburgh

12th Jun 2023

It sounds like something straight out of a disaster movie.

One female scientist in Edinburgh is working on a way to protect the Earth from devastating collisions with asteroids.

Whilst another predicts we will discover other habitable planets in the next 20 years.

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