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The recently reported extreme redness of a class of Kuiper-belt objects could be yet another indirect indication of extraterrestrial microbiology in the outer solar system.
1998, Astrophys. Space Sci. 259, 205-208.
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Wickramasinghe, N.C., Hoyle, F. (2000). The Astonishing Redness of Kuiper-Belt Objects. In: Hoyle, F., Wickramasinghe, N.C. (eds) Astronomical Origins of Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4297-7_42
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