Life
We still haven鈥檛 heard from aliens – here鈥檚 why we might never
The most ambitious SETI project yet found nothing in its first data release, and a new approach suggests we might never make contact even if alien life is common
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Space
Joint mission to Europa could seek life under the ice
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Physics
Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus鈥檚 sea
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Space
Atmosphere containing water detected around rocky exoplanet
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Space
Voyager 1 might have seen Enceladus鈥� icy plumes 25 years early
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Life
Dwarf planet Ceres hosts home-grown organic material
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Space
Mars landing sites for 2020 NASA mission down to the final three
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Space
NASA wants to put a lander on Europa鈥檚 surface to look for life
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Environment
Primitive plants survive almost two years in outer space
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Space
Tiny spacecraft could brake at exoplanet using alien starlight
Lightweight solar sails could bring spacecraft to the nearest star in just 20 years 鈥� but hitting the brakes will be challenging. A new paper suggests using the stars themselves to park around their planets
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Life
Dried-up slime could help microbes survive briny waters on Mars
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Space
Giant ball of gas is a totally stinky galactic chemistry lab
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Space
Cassini’s grand finale will see orbiter plunge into Saturn
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Life
Spacecraft could taste Europa’s sea by sampling its atmosphere
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