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alien life

meteorites landing on early Earth

Space

Microbes might thrive after crash-landing on board a meteorite

Some extremophile bacteria could survive the a crash-landing of a meteorite or spacecraft, helping them travel between worlds

News

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Life

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Features

Martian surface

Space

Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

News

SETI

Life

We still haven’t heard from aliens - here’s why we might never

News

LHS 1140b

Space

The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life

News

Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

Space

Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

News

space cartoon

Space

A little less ET, a little more astrophysics, if you please

Comment

Artists impression of an alien skyscape with nearby planets large in the sky

Space

TRAPPIST-1 worlds are close enough for life to hop between them

News

TRAPPIST-1 seen from one of its 7 planets

Space

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-size exoplanets may have water

News

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

Space

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

The space telescope is set to spend hundreds of hours over the next year picking out the perfect planet for its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, to probe in earnest

News

Space

The world in 2076: We still haven't found alien life

Features

Space

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival

Culture

Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

News

Life

Spoiler alert: Why strange signals are never really from aliens

Analysis

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