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Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

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Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

Intelligent extraterrestrials may have built vast solar power plants around their host stars. The hunt for their telltale glow is hotting up

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Water may be even more crucial to life than we thought

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Water may be even more crucial to life than we thought

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Weird radio beam probably isn’t aliens but it’s the best candidate yet

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Weird radio beam probably isn’t aliens but it’s the best candidate yet

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The curious case of the “glacier mice” that seem to dance on ice

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The curious case of the “glacier mice” that seem to dance on ice

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2020 in review: The hunt for life on Venus continues

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2020 in review: The hunt for life on Venus continues

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How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

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How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

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Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife – but don't bank on it

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Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife – but don't bank on it

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You are stardust: The long view of when your existence really began

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You are stardust: The long view of when your existence really began

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There could be around 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way

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There could be around 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way

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There may not be life on Venus after all but we shouldn't despair

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There may not be life on Venus after all but we shouldn't despair

New analyses have cast doubt on recent observations of phosphine gas in the atmosphere of Venus, a possible sign of life. Though disappointing, we must remember science will one day provide us with an answer

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More doubts cast on potential signs of life on Venus

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Venus might not have signs of life after all, say astronomers

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The search for the origin of life: From panspermia to primordial soup

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The search for the origin of life: From panspermia to primordial soup

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