Life
Meteor impact trapped ancient swamp plants in glass
The first traces of life found in glass from an impact crater supports the idea that microbes travelling on space rocks could have seeded the solar system
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Martian chemistry was friendlier to life
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Life
Martian soup may have been tasty to early life
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Life
Primordial broth of life was a dry Martian cup-a-soup
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Life
Meteorites could have been source of life’s batteries
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Life
Alien hunting: how to find DNA on Mars
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Life
Martian genome: Is there DNA on the Red Planet?
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Space
California meteorite is rare rock laden with organics
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Space
Tough astronaut bugs to blast off for Martian moon
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Life
Astrobiology: The hunt for alien life
Powerful telescopes, clever astronomy and trips to some of Earth's most extreme and remote places are helping identify the most promising places to start
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Life
Alien-life claims spark monster mud-slinging
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To boldly sow: why we should fertilise the galaxy
Opinion
Life
To boldly sow: Seeding the galaxy with Earthly life
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Earth
Designing greenhouses for the Red Planet
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