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The five best exoplanets in the galaxy to check for alien life

The announcement of a new habitable, “Earth-like” planet made us wonder – where should we look first?

News

Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

Space

Cassini finds final ingredient for alien life in Enceladus’s sea

News

space cartoon

Space

A little less ET, a little more astrophysics, if you please

Comment

Artists impression of an alien skyscape with nearby planets large in the sky

Space

TRAPPIST-1 worlds are close enough for life to hop between them

News

TRAPPIST-1 seen from one of its 7 planets

Space

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-size exoplanets may have water

News

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

Space

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

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Space

The world in 2076: We still haven't found alien life

Features

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of <em>Arrival</em>

Space

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival

Culture

Aerial view of the 500-metre-wide telescope dish

Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

News

An alien spaceship over a city

Life

Spoiler alert: Why strange signals are never really from aliens

Given the wealth of planets in our universe, aliens must be dwelling somewhere, right? Maybe. But we’re never going to get our sci-fi moment, says Jacob Aron

Analysis

Life

Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank

News

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

News

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

Life

Ocean worlds: Searching for life in the solar system's seas

Features