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Ocean Moons, Promising Targets in Search for Life, Could Be Dead Inside
January 14, 2019 | ArticleFor more than two decades, scientists have wondered whether extraterrestrial life may be flourishing deep below the icy coatings boasted by moons in our outer solar system.
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Barnard's Star Planet May Not Be Too Cold for Life After All
January 10, 2019 | ArticleOne of Earth's nearest exoplanet neighbors, the planet orbiting Barnard's Star, may still have a chance at hosting life, despite its frigid temperatures.
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Is Anyone Out There? New SETI Tool Keeps Track of Alien Searches
January 10, 2019 | ArticleWith research on extraterrestrial life continuing across the world, a noted researcher from the SETI Institute launched a new tool to help researchers keep track of results.
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Mysterious Blobs Around M-Dwarf Stars May Be Bad News for Alien Life
January 10, 2019 | ArticleThe sort of small, young, active stars that have become most exciting to astronomers looking for exoplanets may actually push away precisely what could be necessary to carry water to those planets — leaving them too dry to support life.
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Chlorate-rich Soil May Help Us Find Liquid Water on Mars
January 03, 2019 | ArticleBacteria may be able to survive in salty water on Mars, recent experiments on Earth suggest.
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Alien Worlds Rich in Oxygen Still Might Not Harbor Life
January 02, 2019 | ArticleOxygen may not be quite as compelling a sign of alien life as astrobiologists had thought, a new study suggests.
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This May Be Life's 'Missing Ingredient'
December 30, 2018 | ArticleBillions of years ago, molecules on a lifeless and tumultuous Earth mixed, forming the first life-forms.
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Alien Hunters, Stop Using the Drake Equation
December 27, 2018 | ArticleFor the precocious hunter of off-Earth life, the Drake equation is the ever-ready, go-to toolkit for estimating just how (not) lonely humans are in the Milky Way galaxy. But it's not useful.
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Wow! Geminid Meteor Shower and Comet 46P Dazzle Skywatchers (Photos)
December 19, 2018 | ArticleThe Geminid meteor shower of 2018 has lived up to its reputation for being the most spectacular meteor shower of the year, and skywatchers around the world have captured some amazing views of the celestial firework display.
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Could Life on Mars Be Lurking Deep Underground?
December 18, 2018 | ArticleTo find life on Mars, scientists may need to "go deep."
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