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Tag: alien life
Search for alien life needs to be integral to NASA missions in the future, new report says
A Congress-mandated committee recommends that finding alien life becomes a priority for most NASA missions.
It Is Possible Jupiter Could Support Life, Scientists Say
The chances of it happening are pretty slim though.
Dark matter may be a manifestation of extremely advanced alien life, researchers suggest
Probably the most interesting you're going to read today.
Why Stephen Hawking Was Afraid of Aliens
"Meeting an advanced civilization could be like Native Americans encountering Columbus," he said.
The Search for Alien Life: We Have Been Looking in the Wrong Places
If there are any, aliens should be less conspicuous and charismatic-looking than most people think.
Aliens could be more like us than we think, say Oxford scientists
Natural selection fosters certain qualities so aliens shouldn't look extremely different from humans.
Martian minerals might bear signatures of ancient life
Findings alien life on barren planet like Mars seems unlikely, but the discovery of the century might that of past ...
New laser tech could be the life-sniffing ‘nose’ for NASA’s next Mars rover
An innovative technology could drastically up our chances of finding alien life inside the solar system.
The reason why we haven’t found alien life yet might be because we’re searching too soon
We might be too early for the party. Darn!
Jupiter’s moon Europa could have Earth-like oceans
If I asked you to guess where we have the best chances of finding life outside of Earth, you'd be ...
Computer models confirm icy eruptions on Saturn’s Moon
A few years ago, the Cassini spacecraft made a surprising discovery: there are geysers erupting on Saturn's moon Enceladus, spewing ...
NASA prepares for historic Cassini flyby
NASA is preparing for a historical approach to Enceladus, plunging its Cassini spacecraft deep through the icy spray coming from ...
Alien life might spread through the Universe “like the plague”
Although we've yet to discover life forms on any other planet, astronomers are confident that not only we'll be able ...
Your smartphone can help Stephen Hawking discover alien life
This week space fanatics were teeming with excitement after it was announced that Stephen Hawking had teamed up with Russian ...
NASA: we’ll find alien life in 10-20 years
When it comes to alien life, we've had our hopes crushed time and time again. As the Moon was being ...
British professor claims he found alien life floating 25 miles above Earth
Dr. Milton Wainwright is trying to convince the world that the found alien life floating some 25 miles in our ...
Five ancient alien planets discovered in 11 billion-year-old solar system. Great implications for alien life
The ever resourceful Kepler missions just reported its most interesting find to date: not one, but five planets smaller than ...
DNA survives space launch and planetary re-entry. Huge implications for alien life
An experiment fortuitously called DARE (DNA atmospheric re-entry experiment) has come to a most unexpected conclusion: DNA can indeed survive full ...
Ancient Mars probably too cold to support liquid water
Topographical map of a Martian region showing impact craters. Photo: Antoine Lucas/NASA/JPL/Univ. Arizona The Red Planet ...
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