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E.T. Art? Crop Circles Look 'Alien' from Space
September 20, 2017 | ArticleSeen from space, these discs look more like modern art than potatoes.
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As Oceans Alkalized, Life Developed Bones and Shells
September 16, 2017 | ArticleA critical feature of many multicellular lifeforms on Earth are hard, biological structures, such as animal bones and snail shells that are made from minerals.
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Was the Origin of Life a Fluke? Or Was It Physics?
August 30, 2017 | ArticlePhysical systems that are out of equilibrium may naturally produce self-replicating chemical reactions, one of the necessary steps in the origin of life.
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Mars Curiosity: Facts and Information
August 13, 2017 | ReferenceThe mission of the one-ton rover is to find out if Mars is, or was, capable of supporting life.
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Making Artificial Eclipses Using Spacecraft Might Help Us Find New Worlds
August 10, 2017 | ArticleAs the nation awaits the Great American Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21, Stanford's Space Rendezvous Laboratory is developing a system that uses orbiting spacecraft to produce eclipses.
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Life in the Saturn System? Cassini Has Shown It's Possible
August 07, 2017 | ArticleThe European-American Cassini spacecraft has found that three of Saturn's many moons likely host subsurface oceans and may be capable of supporting life.
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New 'Laser SETI' Approach Seeks Crowdfunding to Seek Out Alien Life
August 07, 2017 | ArticleThe best way to find laser flashes from an alien civilization is to look everywhere, all the time, and a new project aims to do just that.
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Detecting Alien Life Will Likely Be a Protracted Process, Not a Eureka Moment
July 28, 2017 | ArticleScientific discovery most often comes through incremental progress rather than epiphanies, and there’s no reason to suggest discovering alien intelligence will be different.
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Why Looking for Aliens Is Good for Society (Even If There Aren't Any)
July 27, 2017 | ArticleThe search for life elsewhere in the universe is one of the most compelling aspects of modern science.
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Not Aliens: Weird Radio Signal from Star Likely Has Duller Explanation
July 21, 2017 | ArticleA strange radio signal that seemed to emanate from a small nearby star probably came from Earth-orbiting satellites, astronomers said.
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