Scientists give a hand(edness) to the search for alien life
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 10:49
in Astronomy & Space
Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 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.