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Alien life could have basked in big bang's afterglow

The cosmic radiation that existed about 15 million years after the big bang could have made the whole universe warm enough to support life

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Astrophile: Europa's choppy ocean looks friendly to life

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Astrophile: Europa's choppy ocean looks friendly to life

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Fake planets reveal distance to Earth's nearest twin

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Exoplanet hunters may find ET by glut of alien corpses

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Exoplanet hunters may find ET by glut of alien corpses

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Worm turns from zero to climate change hero

Earth

Worm turns from zero to climate change hero

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Martian soup may have been tasty to early life

Life

Martian soup may have been tasty to early life

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UK proposes piggy-backing to search for alien signals

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UK proposes piggy-backing to search for alien signals

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Overprotection may be hampering hunt for Mars life

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Overprotection may be hampering hunt for Mars life

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Old Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water

Space

Old Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water

NASA's Opportunity rover has found ancient aluminium-rich clays, which require neutral water to form, on the rim of Endeavour crater

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Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun

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NASA planet-hunter is injured and resting

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Alien hunting: how to find DNA on Mars

Analysis

Life

Meteorite's left-handed molecules a blow to ET search

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