Life
Rip up the rule book and let NASA’s Mars rover check ‘life’ zone
Contamination fears should not stop NASA sending its Mars rover to examine a nearby area that might contain water鈥� and life, says Dirk Schulze-Makuch
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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?
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Space
First mirror-image molecule found in interstellar space
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Spongy minerals could explain why Mars gives off methane burps
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Life
There might be a planet better than Earth 鈥� right next door
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Life
Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system
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Life
SETI looks at red dwarf stars in its search for ancient aliens
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Life
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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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 鈥� and astronomers have no idea why
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Environment
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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