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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life
Looking for life in the universe has often come down to a search for water on other planets. But water worlds may not make enough of the nutrients life needs
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Humans
The message we’re sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth
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Space
We just sent a message to try to talk to aliens on another world
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We’ve just found a nearby exoplanet that could be right for life
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Environment
Enceladus鈥檚 hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life
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Space
We may have found 20 habitable worlds hiding in plain sight
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Physics
Our closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet
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Space
Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?
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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water
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We鈥檝e just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space
Breakthrough Listen detected more radio pulses from the famous repeating source FRB 121102. They鈥檙e higher frequency than previous ones but we still don鈥檛 know what causes them
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One of Europa鈥檚 plumes may not exist, making hunt for life hard
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鈥楢lien megastructure鈥� star may host Saturn-like exoplanet
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Humans
Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check
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Building blocks of alien cells found on Saturn鈥檚 largest moon
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