Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is right, we may be able to find extraterrestrial life even before it leaves its home planet—by looking for left- (or right-) handed light.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news159640612.html">Scientists Give a Hand(edness) to the Search for Alien Life</a></p> <p>(PhysOrg.com) -- Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is right, we may be able to find extraterrestrial life even before it leaves its home planet—by looking for left- (or right-) handed light. </p>