Life
Missing building block of life could be made on ice in space
Many of the things needed for life to get started have been found on meteorites or comets. Now we've worked out how to make one of the more elusive ingredients
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Space
Lasers could hide Earth from aliens 鈥� or tell them we’re here
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Earth
‘Follow the salt’ may be best strategy to find Martian microbes
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Space
How Do You Find an Exoplanet? An insider account gives top tips
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Environment
How to find ET: 7 ways aliens might give themselves away
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Life
Star Wars universe passes real-world test for alien head count
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Life
Two missions face off to seek life in icy seas of Enceladus
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Life
Drop the proteins 鈥� alien life might be radically different
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Life
Cassini probe to dive deep through watery plume on Enceladus
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Life
First Earth-mass planet around nearest star may be an illusion
Alpha Centauri Bb was announced in 2012 as the nearest exoplanet that could resemble Earth, but another team concludes it was probably a spurious signal
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Life
Saturn’s ice moon Enceladus revealed in unprecedented detail
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Life
Astronomer Geoff Marcy resigns over sexual harassment cases
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Humans
Top exoplanet hunter keeps job despite serial sexual harassment
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Life
Salty water seen flowing on Mars, not far from Curiosity rover
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