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Alien Life Hunt: Oxygen Isn't the Only Possible Sign of Life
January 24, 2018 | ArticleAlien-life hunters shouldn't focus too narrowly on oxygen when scanning the atmospheres of exoplanets, a new study stresses.
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Next Stop, Mars? Life-Detection Gear Passes Test on Earth
January 23, 2018 | ArticleA small, lightweight life-detection package has passed a key trial here on Earth, suggesting that it could someday hunt for microbes on Mars or the ocean moons of the outer solar system, researchers say.
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In the Search for Alien Life, 'Everyone Is an Astrobiologist'
January 22, 2018 | ArticleMary Voytek, NASA's senior scientist for astrobiology, must grapple with the interdisciplinary nature of the search for life elsewhere in the universe.
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Mysterious Radio Blasts from a Distant Galaxy Draw Attention of Alien Hunters
January 11, 2018 | ArticleRepeating bursts of radio waves coming from a distant dwarf galaxy probably aren't signals from an extraterrestrial civilization, but that hasn't stopped a group of E.T. hunters from investigating.
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How Phosphorus Helped Oxygenate Earth's Atmosphere
January 09, 2018 | ArticleLife in Earth's oceans may have had a slow start because phosphorus — a key nutrient of life — was not recycled through the biosphere fast enough.
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UFO Legacy: What Impact Will Revelation of Secret Government Program Have?
January 09, 2018 | ArticleThe New York Times and Politico Magazine revealed last month that the United States government ran a mysterious UFO-investigation program from 2007 to 2012. Will this information change the way Americans and the world regard UFOs?
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ExoMars Rover Will Drill Deep Into Mars to Search for Life (Op-Ed)
January 07, 2018 | ArticleFinding past or present microbial life on Mars would without doubt be one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. And in just two years’ time, there’s a big opportunity to do so, with two rovers launching there to look for signs of life.
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New Method Aids Search for Dazzling Alien Worlds
January 06, 2018 | ArticleMassive gas giants shine brightly in the light reflected from their parent star. Now, astronomers are using this glow as a new way to hunt for hidden worlds.
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No Alien Megastructure: Star's Weird Dimming Likely Caused by Dust
January 03, 2018 | ArticleE.T. has nothing to do with the bizarre dimming events of the mysterious object known as Tabby's star, a new study reports.
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UFO Watch: 8 Times the Government Looked for Flying Saucers
December 28, 2017 | CountdownA secret Pentagon UFO program is only the most recent in decades of work by the U.S. government looking into the unexplained. Below is a list of many of the government's programs, as well as a mention of countries that also had their own investigations.
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