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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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First exomoon glimpsed – 1800 light years from Earth

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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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Astrophile: Europa's choppy ocean looks friendly to life

Space

Astrophile: Europa's choppy ocean looks friendly to life

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Space

Fake planets reveal distance to Earth's nearest twin

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Exoplanet hunters may find ET by glut of alien corpses

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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

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Martian soup may have been tasty to early life

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UK proposes piggy-backing to search for alien signals

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UK proposes piggy-backing to search for alien signals

A slice of the British space budget could be used to scan for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence using data gathered by other pursuits

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Earth

Overprotection may be hampering hunt for Mars life

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Old Mars rover digs up evidence for drinkable water

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Life

Alien megaprojects: The hunt has begun

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NASA planet-hunter is injured and resting

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