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Lava could have preserved the origins of life on the moon

Life

Lava could have preserved the origins of life on the moon

New experiments suggest that if life-bearing meteorites hit the young, molten moon, they could have been preserved until today

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Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?

Life

Is the answer to life, the universe and everything 37?

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How to think about… Alien contact

Life

How to think about… Alien contact

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Spot ET's waste heat for chance to find alien life

Life

Spot ET's waste heat for chance to find alien life

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Space

Pollution on other worlds may show advanced alien life

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Space

Build a stable wormhole with the help of dark aliens

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Earth

EU hatches legal plan to fight invasive species

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Battle-hardened oyster may help toughen combat shields

Life

Battle-hardened oyster may help toughen combat shields

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Sensor backpacks for oysters say when they are happy

Life

Sensor backpacks for oysters say when they are happy

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Anybody out there? The how and what of alien life

Life

Anybody out there? The how and what of alien life

Three new books bring us up to speed on extraterrestrial life, its prospects and possible forms – but it remains "queerer than we can suppose"

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Life

First exomoon glimpsed – 1800 light years from Earth

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Life

Alien life could have basked in big bang's afterglow

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Space

Astrophile: Europa's choppy ocean looks friendly to life

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