Earth
How to sniff aliens’ gas in exoplanet atmospheres
Aliens on distant worlds would probably leave traces in their planet's atmosphere – a new method could identify the signatures of unearthly life forms
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Space
Astrophile: Lost moon Naiad swims back into view
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Space
First weather report on an extrasolar planet
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Space
Hot Jupiters push exoplanet count over 1000 milestone
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Space
First interactive map of galaxy’s habitable planets
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Early humans saw black hole light in the night sky
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Life
Cell scaffolding found in odd California meteorite
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Space
Double blasts may have birthed exotic quark stars
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Space
Astrophile: The iron planet with a 4-hour year
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Physics
Star twinkles could help pin down planet sizes
The amount a star flickers has been tied to its size, thanks to data mined from the now crippled Kepler space telescope
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Space
Astrophile: Elderly couple kicked out of the galaxy
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Space
Milky Way galaxy is even lighter than thought
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Space
Firework view flaunts Perseid meteors’ illusory origin
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Physics
Giant clouds of lead glimpsed on distant dwarf stars
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