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Extraterrestrial Life Could Be Purple
October 22, 2018 | ArticleEarth's early life might have been purple, suggesting the search for extraterrestrial life should scan for the color.
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Why Haven't We Found Aliens? Because We're Just Not Looking Hard Enough.
October 18, 2018 | ArticleWe still have a long way to go in the search for intelligent aliens.
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Bringing Dark Energy Out into the Light
October 18, 2018 | ArticleWe've known for about 20 years that the expansion of our universe is accelerating, but how does the dark energy that causes it work?
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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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