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Space

Fake planets reveal distance to Earth's nearest twin

Kepler, the king of planet-hunting telescopes, may be dead but a simulation says an Earth-like planet is just 12 light years away

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Exoplanet hunters may find ET by glut of alien corpses

Life

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

Life

UK proposes piggy-backing to search for alien signals

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Overprotection may be hampering hunt for Mars life

Earth

Overprotection may be hampering hunt for Mars life

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Acidifying seawater sees oysters in race to grow shells

Earth

Acidifying seawater sees oysters in race to grow shells

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Old Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water

Space

Old Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water

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Micro-ratchet spins pearls with perfect symmetry

Micro-ratchet spins pearls with perfect symmetry

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Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun

Life

Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun

With scans for alien radio signals drawing a blank, three teams are now searching for signs of extraterrestrial engineering, as Stephen Battersby reports

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NASA planet-hunter is injured and resting

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Life

Alien hunting: how to find DNA on Mars

Analysis

Life

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

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Life

Life: is it inevitable or just a fluke?

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