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Here's What the Search for Life Needs Next, Scientists Say
October 10, 2018 | ArticleA few decades ago, finding life beyond Earth was an idle dream — but today, astrobiology is a thriving field, fed by incredible discoveries across different realms of science and the possibility of still more to come.
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Discovery of Potential Exomoon Raises Hopes of Real-Life Pandora or Endor
October 04, 2018 | ArticleThe discovery of a potential exomoon could be the first step in finding worlds like "Avatar's" moon Pandora or "Star Wars'" forest moon of Endor.
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Incredibly Weird Microbes Found Deep Underground Could Change Search for Life on Mars
October 03, 2018 | ArticleLife on Earth just got weirder, and that may have intriguing implications for life beyond this planet.
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Breakthrough Listen to Search 1 Million Stars for ET Signals Using South African Scopes
October 02, 2018 | ArticleThe $100 million Breakthrough Listen project will use the powerful MeerKAT radio-telescope array in the Karoo region of South Africa to search 1 million stars for signals from alien civilizations, project leaders announced today.
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Signs of Plant Life May Be Easier to Spot on Older Planets, Scientists Find
October 01, 2018 | ArticleThe rise of plants was crucial in turning Earth from a watery rock into a world where humans could thrive — and our home may not be the only planet where that process has played out.
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Student Project Scans Sky for Alien Laser Beams
September 29, 2018 | ArticleThe Trillion Planet Survey has begun scanning the huge Andromeda galaxy, as well as our own Milky Way, for beams of light that could have been produced by advanced alien civilizations.
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NASA Is Hosting a 'Technosignatures' Workshop on How to Find Alien Technology
September 26, 2018 | ArticleWe love our technology, so maybe it's natural to hope that somewhere else in the universe, another form of life also clings to similarly shiny tools, and perhaps in ways we could spot at a distance.
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Ancient Mars Had Energy Source for Potential Life Underground
September 25, 2018 | ArticleIf life ever got a foothold in the Martian subsurface long ago, it could have tapped into a plentiful chemical energy source, a new study suggests.
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How to Grow Crops on Mars If We Are to Live on the Red Planet
September 23, 2018 | ArticlePreparations are already underway for missions that will land humans on Mars in a decade or so. But what would people eat if these missions eventually lead to the permanent colonization of the red planet?
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What on Earth Could Live in a Salt Water Lake on Mars? An Expert Explains
September 18, 2018 | ArticleTantalizing new evidence has suggested that there may be a salty lake below a glacier on Mars.
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