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Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has a hidden ‘conveyer belt’ of heat

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Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has a hidden ‘conveyer belt’ of heat

Frigid Europa may be warmed by a layer under its crust that moves heat and ice to and from its poles – and alien microbes could be hitching a ride

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An astronaut outside the International Space Station

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No, aliens aren't lurking on the International Space Station

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Enceladus

Life

Private mission may get us back to Enceladus sooner than NASA

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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

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The message we're sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth

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The message we're sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth

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Artist’s impression of GJ273 star system

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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

Space

We've just found a nearby exoplanet that could be right for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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artist's impression of an exoplanet

Space

We may have found 20 habitable worlds hiding in plain sight

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Proxima b

Space

Our closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet

Proxima b, the nearest exoplanet to Earth, may have been captured along with its star instead of born in the dangerous three-star system where it now lives

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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’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

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Space

One of Europa’s plumes may not exist, making hunt for life hard

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