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Space

Microbes burping methane on Mars may be right next to NASA rover

Something just a few dozen kilometres from NASA’s Curiosity rover seems to be generating methane – a finding with potential implications in the continuing search for life on Mars

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Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

Earth

Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

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The hunt for extraterrestrial life is about to enter a new era

Space

The hunt for extraterrestrial life is about to enter a new era

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The clouds of Venus are too dry to support life as we know it

Space

The clouds of Venus are too dry to support life as we know it

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Martian surface

Space

Clays found in Martian crater hint that the planet was once habitable

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Infrared view of the centre of the Milky Way

Space

The building blocks for life might exist at the edge of the galaxy

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Arctic sea ice

Environment

Some Arctic sea ice is thinning twice as fast as previously thought

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Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

Space

Europa’s icy shell may have pockets of water that could support life

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ancient mammal

Life

58-million-year-old footprints show when mammals began paddling in sea

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Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds

Life

Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds

Looking for signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres is fraught with uncertainty. But now that we can detect polarised light reflected directly off other worlds, we could spot unmistakable evidence of photosynthesis

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Environment

Hitting Paris climate goal could cut sea level rise in half by 2100

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Life

The Deep-Sea Podcast review: The mind-boggling mysteries of the deep

Culture

Environment

A third of Antarctic ice shelves risk collapsing due to climate change

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Life

Tanja Bosak interview: How Perseverance will hunt for life on Mars

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