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Pre-life molecules found floating in nearby galaxy

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Pre-life molecules found floating in nearby galaxy

We’ve seen signs of the most complex molecules ever detected outside our galaxy in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a fairly primitive galaxy 160,000 light years away

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Early Earth’s air may show us how to find signs of alien life

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Early Earth’s air may show us how to find signs of alien life

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Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive

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Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive

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Person stood on a hill against a dark sky with the Milky Way visible, shining a torch upwards

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Why complex life could prove remarkably common in the universe

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Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog

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Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog

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Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has a hidden ‘conveyer belt’ of heat

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Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has a hidden ‘conveyer belt’ of heat

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An astronaut outside the International Space Station

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No, aliens aren't lurking on the International Space Station

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Enceladus

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Private mission may get us back to Enceladus sooner than NASA

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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

Looking for life in the universe has often come down to a search for water on other planets. But water worlds may not make enough of the nutrients life needs

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The message we're sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth

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We just sent a message to try to talk to aliens on another world

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We've just found a nearby exoplanet that could be right for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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