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sea life

Box jellyfish will destroy future oceans by gobbling up the food

Life

Box jellyfish will destroy future oceans by gobbling up the food

As the oceans become more acidic thanks to greenhouse gas emissions, box jellyfish will eat far more copepods – the foundations of marine food webs

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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

Space

Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

Space

We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

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artist's concept of plumes on Europa

Space

One of Europa’s plumes may not exist, making hunt for life hard

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Kepler planetary disk

Space

‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet

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Futuristic city

Space

Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check

Culture

Titan

Space

Building blocks of alien cells found on Saturn’s largest moon

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Foggy background forest with outline of child in the foreground

Physics

Aliens slumbering for billions of years are out there – really?

Comment

Mars rover wheel tracks

Life

The best way to detect aliens may be by finding their footprints

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A possible view on an alien world: mountaintops poking through mist and two suns visible in the sky

Space

The exoplanet zoo – a whistle-stop tour

From potentially life-supporting rocks to superheavy hells, there’s an alien world out there to suit everyone’s taste. Come and have a look

Features

Life

The ethics issue: Should we colonise other planets?

Features

Earth

Oil-exploration airguns punch 2-kilometre-wide holes in plankton

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Space

Messages from fake aliens decoded quickly in online SETI contest

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Life

Mars rover sees signs of microbe-friendly layers in ancient lake

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