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Very Large Array radio telescope

Space

Messages from fake aliens decoded quickly in online SETI contest

The general public were challenged to decrypt a pretend message from outer space consisting of nearly 2 million binary digits. They took less than a month to solve it

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Mars strata

Life

Mars rover sees signs of microbe-friendly layers in ancient lake

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meteorites landing on early Earth

Space

Microbes might thrive after crash-landing on board a meteorite

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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Life

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

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Martian surface

Space

Martian life must be rare as free energy source remains untapped

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SETI

Life

We still haven’t heard from aliens - here’s why we might never

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LHS 1140b

Space

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

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

Space

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

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space cartoon

Space

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

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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

Some think life came to Earth from Mars on a meteorite. If this sort of thing can happen, it’s 1000 times more likely on TRAPPIST-1’s three habitable worlds

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Space

Exoplanet discovery: Seven Earth-size exoplanets may have water

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

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

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Space

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival

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