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astrobiology

Lasers could hide Earth from aliens – or tell them we're here

Space

Lasers could hide Earth from aliens – or tell them we're here

Shining lasers into space could hide us from unfriendly cosmic neighbours – or help us draw their attention. If the aliens are doing this too, we may have already spotted them

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Atacama

Earth

'Follow the salt' may be best strategy to find Martian microbes

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telescope

Space

How Do You Find an Exoplanet? An insider account gives top tips

CultureLab

How to find ET: 7 ways aliens might give themselves away

Life

How to find ET: 7 ways aliens might give themselves away

Features

<em>Star Wars</em> universe passes real-world test for alien head count

Life

Star Wars universe passes real-world test for alien head count

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Two missions face off to seek life in icy seas of Enceladus

Life

Two missions face off to seek life in icy seas of Enceladus

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Drop the proteins – alien life might be radically different

Life

Drop the proteins – alien life might be radically different

Opinion

Cassini probe to dive deep through watery plume on Enceladus

Life

Cassini probe to dive deep through watery plume on Enceladus

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First Earth-mass planet around nearest star may be an illusion

Life

First Earth-mass planet around nearest star may be an illusion

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Saturn's ice moon Enceladus revealed in unprecedented detail

Life

Saturn's ice moon Enceladus revealed in unprecedented detail

NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest fly-by of the north pole of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus – and saw a world covered in craters and cracks

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Life

Astronomer Geoff Marcy resigns over sexual harassment cases

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Life

Top exoplanet hunter keeps job despite serial sexual harassment

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Life

Salty water seen flowing on Mars, not far from Curiosity rover

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Life

Continental break-up set the stage for life in Earth's mantle

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