That there is intelligent life in the nearest planetary system to Earth’s is surely is the longest of shots.在距离地球最近的行星上存在着智慧生物无疑是最受关注的

1.请问老师这里的earth 后面为什么还要加’s呢这里的不定式不是已经做了定语吗;另外the longest of shots能否当成一个短语来记呢译为“备受关注”，我查了下没有这个短语所以想着直接背诵。

The problem for astronomers trying to catch a glimpse of proxima centauri b is that, though close to the Earth by interstellar standards, it's closer to its parent star by more or less every other standard short of that of walking down the road to the chemist.

2.请问老师这里的short of that...是做状语来修饰it's closer to its parent star by more or less every other standard吗

Now my daughters pretend that their Elsa doll plays with a package of ShopKins ,giving both toys a second ,and better, life. 如今，我的女儿们会假装她们的洋娃娃艾尔莎在和一盒购物精灵玩耍，这给两种玩具带来了更好的新人生

3.请问这里的a second 怎么理解呢，是“又一，再一”引申为新生活的意思吗？