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alien life

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of <em>Arrival</em>

Space

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival

The moving, powerful heart of science fiction thriller Arrival is linguistic relativity, the mind-bending theory that language rewires the way we think

Culture

Aerial view of the 500-metre-wide telescope dish

Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

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An alien spaceship over a city

Life

Spoiler alert: Why strange signals are never really from aliens

Analysis

Russian telescope

Life

Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank

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The RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

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illustration of a planet in silhouette with a star behind

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

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Life

Ocean worlds: Searching for life in the solar system's seas

Features

Robert Byer

Space

How lasers found gravitational waves – and could hunt for aliens

Features

A man wearing an orange boiler suit, hard hat and headtorch stands in the mine

Earth

Hunting for Mars-like life a kilometre below Earth’s surface

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China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST)

Space

China builds world’s largest radio telescope to hunt for aliens

The gigantic 500-metre disc will boost the search for extraterrestrial life, dark matter and distant pulsars

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Space

Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life

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Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Comment

Life

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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