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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to come thick and fast. But when we've found it, how will we know for sure?

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NASA hasn't found life on Mars yet – but signs are promising

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NASA and IBM built an AI to predict solar flares before they hit Earth

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2SWKMCK Artemis I sits at Launch Pad 39-B at Kennedy Space Center, Fla., at sunrise, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, as seen from nearby Canaveral National Seashore. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/TNS)

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Trump's proposed science cuts will have huge consequences

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NASA is facing the biggest crisis in its history

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The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth

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NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon modelling and more

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NASA has made the first radio telescope observations on the moon

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A vast dust storm appears over the rim of a crater on Mars

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Dust devils on Mars produce lightning-like zaps of electricity

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Rolling boulders on Titan could threaten NASA's Dragonfly mission

The wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow around rocks of up to half a metre in diameter, which could put NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission at risk

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NASA may have to cancel major space missions due to budget cuts

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The Athena lander reached the moon – but seems to have fallen over

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Blue Ghost spacecraft makes second-ever commercial landing on the moon

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NASA set to launch SPHEREx space telescope to scan entire sky

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