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Looks like mud pile on some mud, with a couple of tiny spiders quite far away. It's the Arctic sea floor, so not that exciting I guess

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New Arctic life on barren seabed thrives on methane jets

Newly discovered species of fish, sea spiders, clams, starfish and snails have been spotted around methane plumes on an otherwise barren Arctic floor

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Frontal view of shark's head in dim conditions with teeth lit

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Mysterious deep-sea sharks biting chunks out of migrating whales

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The Allen Telescope Array

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

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Deepwater shark moving into attack position

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Never-before-seen life spotted by Hawaiian deep-sea expedition

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Ghostly deep sea octopus filmed at record depth of 4290 metres

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Ghostly deep sea octopus filmed at record depth of 4290 metres

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Green worms create a superorganism that becomes a giant seaweed

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Green worms create a superorganism that becomes a giant seaweed

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All you need to know about whale strandings in the UK and Europe

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All you need to know about whale strandings in the UK and Europe

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Solar system mysteries: Where can life exist?

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Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets

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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

A star called KIC 8462852, or Tabby's star, has been behaving oddly since 1890, not just recently as had been thought – and astronomers have no idea why

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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

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

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Earth

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

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