Life
Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine
Our conceptions of alien life are based on a sample of one: Earth鈥檚 life. That means even our wildest imaginings are likely to be completely off beam
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Space
When will we hear from aliens? We may already have done so
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Space
Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?
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Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?
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Life
Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth’s surface
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Humans
BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly
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Space
Ocean worlds with a thick atmosphere may be better for life than Earth
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New Scientist Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi
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Space
Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?
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Space
This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we’ve seen so far
We've spotted water vapour in the atmosphere of a distant planet twice Earth鈥檚 size. It's probably the single best place to hunt for alien life that we know of
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Space
Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure
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Space
We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow
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Chemistry
Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists
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Space
Internet joke plan to ‘raid’ Area 51 gets stern reply from US military
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