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Water on Mars is good news, but there are more challenges up ahead
Even the Indian Chandrayaan-I’s discovery of water forming on the Moon gave an impetus to the po…
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We put Elon Musk's dream to colonize Mars up against Jeff Bezos' vision of living in space — and one is more realistic
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos dream of colonizing space, but have very different ideas of how to do it. …
Ellyn Lapointe
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How would humans respond to the discovery of aliens? NASA enlisted dozens of religious scholars to find out.
Theologians at the NASA-funded program at the Center for Theological Inquiry researched how humans …
Erin Snodgrass
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This herb is the magic fertilizer needed to grow vegetables on Mars
Another senior Indian-origin scientist backed this research at Iowa State University, Dr Vijayapal…
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The hardest part of discovering alien life may be announcing it. Here's how NASA might break the news.
Mystery flying objects, UFOs or "UAPs," probably aren't aliens. But if extraterrestrial life is rea…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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All about Super-Earths, their dwarf stars and how they're more habitable than our earth
I'm a professor of astronomy who studies galactic cores, distant galaxies, astrobiology and ex…
PTI
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Kepler estimates there are at least 300 million potentially habitable planets within the Milky Way galaxy
The search for life beyond Earth and the scope of one day settling down on another planet is someth…
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A 19-year-old aspiring astronaut is the only person who's attended every NASA space camp. She's already positioning herself for a mission to Mars.
Alyssa Carson is one of a group of young people who are already positioning themselves to become NA…
Holly Secon
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Scientists shot tardigrades out of a gun at more than 2,000 mph to see if the critters could survive
A spacecraft carrying tardigrades crashed on the moon in 2019. In a 2021 study, scientists set out …
Aylin Woodward
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Two dozen superhabitable planets identified — some older, a little larger, slightly warmer and possibly wetter than Earth
Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions mor…
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Milky Way might have 36 intelligent civilisations — but humans are unable to communicate with them
London, June 15 (IANS) There could be 36 active intelligent civilisations in our own galaxy, the Mi…
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NASA’s Mars-bound spaceship is in 'safe mode' but the agency isn't too worried
The US space agency explains that ‘safe mode’ is when everything else except for the essential s…
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Scientists detected a set of salty lakes on Mars, hidden below the glaciers of its south pole
NASA's Perseverance rover is set to search for signs of ancient Martian life that could have migrat…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA just launched its Mars alien-hunting Perseverance rover into deep space with a drone tucked under its belly
The car-size rover will drill into Martian rocks, look for chemical signatures of ancient microbial…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Dave Mo…
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Scientists revived tiny Siberian worms that had been frozen in permafrost for 42,000 years - and they started moving and eating
The researchers published their findings in the journal Doklady Biological Sciences in May, and the…
Jeremy Berke
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A dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter has a salty ocean beneath its surface, making it a contender for alien life
"Ceres is the latest evidence that our solar system is filled with ancient habitable environments,"…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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3 spacecraft are set to reach Mars this month, from NASA, China, and the UAE. Here's what they aim to learn.
NASA is bringing a helicopter, and China aims to deploy an orbiter, lander, and rover from just one…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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NASA will dig for signs of alien life in Mars' Jezero Crater - the landing site for its 2020 rover
"The landing site in Jezero Crater offers geologically rich terrain, with landforms reaching as far…
Dave Mosher
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There's a fascinating reason Earth's pale blue color might help us find aliens
The unique shape of Earth's spectral signature is a product of the life teeming inside it. Light sc…
Ali Sundermier
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NASA just picked 2 finalists for its next billion-dollar space mission - here's what the projects could accomplish
Dragonfly is a dual-quadcopter lander that would take advantage of the environment on Titan to fly …