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Space

Our hunt for alien life needs solid guidelines for clear-cut success

A proposed framework to assess and communicate the credibility of detections of extraterrestrial life is vital to deliver results we can all believe in

Leader

How a radical redefinition of life could help us find aliens

Life

How a radical redefinition of life could help us find aliens

Features

The crater and its extremely harsh lake, Laguna Caliente, dominated by a single genus of extremophile Acidiphilium bacteria

Space

Bacteria survive extremes that may have existed in ancient Mars lakes

News

Dressed in a spacesuit which is a replica of the one worn by Tim Peake on his mission to the International Space Station

Space

Project Hail Mary review: Andy Weir conjures a new tale of space peril

Culture

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

Life

Why icy moons like Europa are our best bet for finding alien life

Features

Asteroid over Earth

Space

Have we really found an alien protein inside a meteorite?

Analysis

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Life

Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth's surface

Features

Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

Technology

Moving to Mars – this show will help you become a real Martian

Culture

Artist's impression of a brown dwarf

Space

Microbial life might drift in the atmospheres of failed stars

News

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Space

Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure

Next-generation telescopes and new ways of detecting life on other planets are transforming the search for extraterrestrials. We may finally be about to find out if aliens exist

Features

Space

Water on Mars is probably too cold and salty for life as we know it

News

Space

Thousands of Elite Dangerous players embark on epic space voyage

Culture

Video

Lewis Dartnell: Astrobiology – the search for alien life

Video

Space

The Martians have landed in London, and they're hogging the camera

Culture