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NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare on Oct. 2, 2014. The solar flare is the bright flash of light on the right limb of the sun. A burst of solar material erupting out into space can be seen just below it. Full 4k full-disk view. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11670/

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SETI may have missed alien signals because of space weather

SETI has spent decades listening for a sharp, well-defined radio signal that could indicate it was sent by distant intelligent life. Now researchers believe that space weather could distort and blur such signals – meaning SETI has been scanning for the wrong thing

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Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth

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Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?

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Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b

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Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains

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Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains

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RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life's origins

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How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is

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How teaching molecules to think is revealing what a 'mind' really is

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Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on Mars?

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to come thick and fast. But when we've found it, how will we know for sure?

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Hopes of finding aliens were raised in 2025 – but quickly faded

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Earth and solar system may have been shaped by nearby exploding star

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Odd elements in supernova blast might have implications for alien life

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Comet 3I/ATLAS from beyond solar system carries key molecule for life

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