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Can a planet with a very long day/night harbor life such as Earth?

The year of this planet is 1,000 earth-days-long around its star, and its night lasts half a year. Can it support life such as Earth? With humans and lush forests and liquid water and good ...
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Could a habitable tidally locked planet have a day and night cycle caused by the eccentricity of its orbit?

I'm trying to think of ways that a habitable tidally locked planet could have something that resembles a day/night cycle. Shadows caused by any moons being out of the question. Hypothetically, could ...
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