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Saturn Moon Enceladus Is Able to Host Life – It's Time for a New Mission
April 20, 2017 | ArticleEver since studies started suggesting that chemical reactions between water and rock on Saturn's moon Enceladus could provide enough energy in the water to feed microbial life, scientists have been searching for proof of the right sort of reactions.
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Breakthrough Initiatives to Webcast Search for Life Conference on Newfound Exoplanets
April 20, 2017 | ArticleBreakthrough Initiatives, an organization invested in advancing the search for life beyond Earth, is hosting its second annual Breakthrough Discuss conference, which you can watch live online.
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How Would NASA Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Enceladus?
April 19, 2017 | ArticleNASA hasn't planned any follow-on missions for Enceladus, but it could be selected for a current or future round of planetary missions.
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Some 'Tatooine' Alien Planets May Be Able to Support Life
April 17, 2017 | ArticleLife on an alien planet with two suns in its sky, like Luke Skywalker's home world Tatooine in the "Star Wars" films, may indeed be possible, a new study suggests.
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The Possibility of Silicon-Based Life Grows
April 16, 2017 | ArticleScience fiction has long imagined silicon-based life on alien worlds, such as the rock-eating Horta from Star Trek. Now, scientists have shown that nature can evolve to incorporate silicon into carbon-based molecules, the building blocks of life on Earth.
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Enceladus' Subsurface Energy Source: What It Means for Search for Life
April 14, 2017 | ArticleDoes the discovery of habitable conditions on Saturn's moon Enceladus call for a mission to search for definitive signs of life on the icy moon?
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Can the Search for Alien Life Be Spurred by a Lottery?
April 08, 2017 | ArticleA new paper suggests using a combination lottery and savings bond to ensure funding for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Life Outside Our Solar System Might Exist on Exomoons
March 29, 2017 | ArticleThe discovery of an exomoon could be years away, but researchers are already theorizing the conditions under which liquid water might be found on their surfaces.
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After Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact, Life Re-Emerged Quickly
March 28, 2017 | ArticleLife re-emerged at the site of the dino-killing asteroid's impact at roughly the same time it began to thrive around the globe, despite suffering from worse conditions.
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It's Our Solar System in Miniature, But Could TRAPPIST-1 Host Another Earth?
March 22, 2017 | ArticleThe excitement surrounding TRAPPIST-1 was so great that the discovery was announced with an article in Nature accompanied by a NASA news conference.
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