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"textContent": "Researchers show that an Earth-sized planet likely needs at least 20 to 50% of the water in Earth's oceans to maintain a critical natural cycle that keeps water on the surface. These new parameters could exclude many exoplanets in the so-called habitable zone.",
"title": "Planets need more water to support life than scientists previously thought"
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