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Kepler telescope launches to hunt for alien Earths
The space telescope should be able to see Earth-size planets in the 'habitable zone' of their stars for the first time
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Alien world is slimmest and fastest known
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Methane pockets may narrow search for Mars life
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Did life begin in a pool of acidic gloop?
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Long-sought carbonate minerals found on Mars
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Ocean worlds may be dying stars’ last haven for life
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Swirling waters boost chance of life on Europa
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Carbon dioxide found on alien world
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Search for alien engineering comes up dry – so far
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Universe’s dark matter mix is ‘just right’ for life
If the total abundance of dark matter in the universe was any different, humans and all other life on Earth might not exist
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Did lack of comet impacts help life evolve?
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Why the universe may be teeming with aliens
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More evidence points to past oceans on Mars
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Planet wobbles could reveal Earth 2.0
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