Environment
Spongy minerals could explain why Mars gives off methane burps
Zeolites – volcanic minerals that easily trap and release gases – could be responsible for the burps of methane that occasionally come from the Red Planet
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Life
There might be a planet better than Earth – right next door
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Life
Pinball planets: How life could start in a violent solar system
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Life
SETI looks at red dwarf stars in its search for ancient aliens
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Life
Solar system mysteries: Where can life exist?
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Life
Black hole sun could support bizarre life on orbiting planets
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Space
Comets can’t explain weird ‘alien megastructure’ star after all
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Environment
How to find ET: 7 ways aliens might give themselves away
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Space
Famous Wow! signal might have been from comets, not aliens
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Life
The Visit: What aliens would really mean for us as humans
We're prepared for visiting aliens, but not for the feelings they could prompt, says Michael Madsen, the film-maker behind The Visit: An Alien Encounter
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Earth
Here Be Dragons: Hostile aliens, tall people and black holes
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Life
Continental break-up set the stage for life in Earth’s mantle
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Life
Sniff out alien life with giant library of weird chemicals
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Life
Nuclear apocalypse or nanotech invasions could reveal alien life
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