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Why weird star systems are where we'll find alien life

In the hunt for life beyond Earth, we've been looking for planets and stars like our own. But that is flawed – and a new plan promises answers in our lifetimes

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Person stands beneath the Milky Way

Space

Are we alone in the universe? Science says it’s a definite maybe

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Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

Space

Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

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Silhoutted person looking at stars

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I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

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Exoplanet with a cloudless sky may let us see inside a gas giant

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Exoplanet with a cloudless sky may let us see inside a gas giant

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Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

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Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

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Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

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Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

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Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

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Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

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Life

Return to Titan: Why this icy world is our best bet to find life

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Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive

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Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive

The surface of Saturn’s largest moon Titan might be covered, salt-like crystals that could be among the ingredients for nitrogen-based alien life

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We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

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We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

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Pre-life molecules found floating in nearby galaxy

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Early Earth’s air may show us how to find signs of alien life

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