Alien life could be found around stars that are squeezed together, study suggests

Alien life could be found in solar systems where to stars have been pushed together, according to new research. The early life of planetary systems can often be difficult and dramatic: young planets orbit around suns that are found in clusters of stars that often collide with each other violently. Such dramatic moments have been thought to be difficult for life, since they are so harsh and violent. It has meant that research has largely focused on planets and potential life around stars that are similar to our own, since we have been biased to presume that any other solar system that has aliens inside of it is likely to look like ours. Virtually none of those "solar twins" – stars that look like our own – have actually been found to exist.