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origins of life

BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

Space

BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly

A new TV adaptation stresses the action, horror, and science fictional aspects of HG Wells's celebrated tale; in other words, it's sticking closely to the book

Culture

Artist's impression of a watery exoplanet

Space

Ocean worlds with a thick atmosphere may be better for life than Earth

News

Stromatolite formation from Australia

Life

Fossilised microbes from 3.5 billion years ago are oldest yet found

News

Â鶹´«Ã½ Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi

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Â鶹´«Ã½ Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi

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spaceman

Space

Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?

Culture

Artists impression of a planet

Space

This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we've seen so far

News

night sky artwork

Space

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

Features

Glowing organisms

Space

We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow

News

Lee Cronin

Chemistry

Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists

Regulars

The team inspects the tree

Environment

Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees

A tree stump that should have died is being kept alive by neighbouring trees that are funnelling water and nutrients to it through an interconnected root system

News

Life

Early life on Earth may have existed as miniature droplets of jelly

News

Space

Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

News

Humans

James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

Regulars

Definition

Special relativity

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