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Life

Why complex life could prove remarkably common in the universe

Two missions to other solar systems are on the table. If they find life chances are it will be sophisticated, say Dirk Schulze-Makuch and William Bains

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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

Space

Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

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Space

Should we seed life through the cosmos using laser-driven ships?

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Space cucumbers may help plants grow better water-seeking roots

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Life

Tides on exoplanets could drive alien biological clocks

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The best way to detect aliens may be by finding their footprints

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Mars strata

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Mars rover sees signs of microbe-friendly layers in ancient lake

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Life

Send an ear: Listening for sounds of life in the solar system

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E. coli colonies

Life

Floating in microgravity gives bacteria permanent genetic boost

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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

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Life

Let's seek traces of ancient indigenous ETs in our own backyard

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Space

Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

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Life

We could detect alien life by finding complex molecules

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Life

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

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