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extraterrestrial life

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Life

There might be a planet better than Earth – right next door

There should be worlds out there so balmy they make Earth look stale, and there are signs of one just four light years away. That's close enough to visit...

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The Allen Telescope Array

Life

SETI looks at red dwarf stars in its search for ancient aliens

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Life

Solar system mysteries: Where can life exist?

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Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets

Life

Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets

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'alien megastructure' star

Space

Comets can't explain weird 'alien megastructure' star after all

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

Life

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

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Famous Wow! signal might have been from comets, not aliens

Space

Famous Wow! signal might have been from comets, not aliens

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<em>The Visit</em>: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

Life

The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans

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<em>Here Be Dragons</em>: Hostile aliens, tall people and black holes

Earth

Here Be Dragons: Hostile aliens, tall people and black holes

CultureLab

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

Life

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

The first evidence that ancient microbes colonised subsea mantle rock hints at how life might have emerged on Earth – and even other worlds

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Life

Sniff out alien life with giant library of weird chemicals

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Life

Nuclear apocalypse or nanotech invasions could reveal alien life

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Life

$100m project uses world's best radio telescopes to find aliens

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Space

The human universe: Could we colonise the stars?

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