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Space

Search for alien transmissions in promising star system draws a blank

Astronomers listened for radio signals emanating from planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system, but found no evidence of any interplanetary communications

News

Manta ray {Manta birostris} from below, Sulu-sulawesi seas, Indo-Pacific

Life

Richard Powers's new novel is a beautiful love letter to our oceans

Culture

Knausgaard

Society

Â鶹´«Ã½ recommends Karl Ove Knausgaard's novel The Third Realm

Culture

A day octopus hunting with a blue goatfish

Life

Octopuses and fish hunt as a team to catch more prey

News

Technology

‘Shazam for whales’ uses AI to track sounds heard in Mariana Trench

News

Life

Sharks leap out of the water more often than you might think

News

380363 03: William Protor polishes a model flying saucer on property near Jamul, CA, October 15, 2000, purchased by the Unarius Academy of Science to serve as a future landing site for

Space

Two new books explore how UFOs captured the world’s imagination

Culture

Life

Pregnant shark that disappeared may have been eaten by another shark

News

How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

Environment

How a viral video made turtles the face of the ocean plastic crisis

Comment

In JPL’s Origins and Habitability Lab, researchers use a sealed chamber to conduct experiments free of oxygen in an effort to replicate the chemistry of early Earth. Shown from left are lab co-lead Laurie Barge and researchers Jessica Weber and Laura Rodriguez.

Video

Inside NASA's lab exploring conditions for life on other worlds

The Origins and Habitability Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is a testbed exploring how geological conditions could impact life in environments such as early Earth, Mars or the icy moons of Jupiter

Video

Earth

A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis

Culture

Space

Why NASA is sending a probe to Europa – and what it’s looking for

Features

Life

We now know that life began on Earth much earlier than we thought

Comment

Life

Top astrobiologist explores the possibilities of alien life

Culture

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