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On Mars, Life Could Be Hiding Under the Rocks
January 30, 2017 | ArticleOn Earth, some hardy microbes use certain minerals as a natural "sunscreen" to protect them from ultraviolet radiation — might Mars microbes use the same strategy?
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'Alien' Life Could Exist High in Earth's Atmosphere
January 27, 2017 | ArticleIf high altitude balloons find basic microorganisms in the stratosphere and mesosphere, it could have serious implications for the hunt for extraterrestrial life in the atmospheres of other worlds.
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Clingy Alien Planets May Fling Their Moons Out of Orbit
January 26, 2017 | ArticleAlien planets that orbit especially close to their stars have a bigger chance of losing their moons, which may reduce the chances that habitable alien moons will survive for very long around those planets, a new study finds.
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Microbes Could Survive Thin Air of Mars
January 19, 2017 | ArticleMicrobes that rank among the simplest and most ancient organisms on Earth could survive the extremely thin air of Mars, a new study finds.
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Could Dark Streaks in Venus' Clouds Be Signs of Alien Life?
January 11, 2017 | ArticleRussian and U.S. scientists are exploring a mission that may end up looking for signs of alien life in Venus' sulfur clouds.
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Breakthrough Starshot Enlists Giant Telescope to Seek Planets at Alpha Centauri
January 09, 2017 | ArticleBreakthrough Initiatives, a private organization that's dedicated to looking for life elsewhere in the universe, has enlisted the help of a massive telescope in Chile to search for planets around the nearest star to our sun, officials announced today.
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New Method Could Aid Search for Life on Alien Worlds
December 27, 2016 | ArticleA newly proposed technique could make it possible to search for life on alien planets, like Proxima b, much sooner than scientists had expected.
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A Promising Spot for Life on Mars
December 27, 2016 | ArticleAs NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity makes its way up the central peak of Gale Crater, it has been gathering evidence from ancient lake beds and long ago groundwater environments that are promising for life.
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NASA's Europa Lander May Drill to Find Pristine Samples on Icy Moon
December 26, 2016 | ArticleSearching for signs of life on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could spoil the hunt before it begins — which is why many scientists advocate going underground.
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Ask Project Blue! Twitter Chat Today to Discuss Alpha Centauri Telescope
December 14, 2016 | ArticleProject Blue, a private initiative to put a small telescope into orbit to look at Alpha Centauri, will be taking questions via Twitter today (Dec. 14) between 2 and 3 p.m. EDTabout the quest to find a potentially habitable planet around that star.
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