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NASA's Mars rover landed in the perfect place to hunt for alien fossils: an ancient lake bed called Jezero Crater
Perseverance will scour mud and clay in Jezero's river delta and shorelines for signs of microbe co…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Atomic oxygen found sandwiched between layers of sulphurous clouds On Venus
Researchers found that the temperature of atomic oxygen on Venus ranged from –120°C on the day side…
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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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An ancient super-Earth offers an unexpected clue that life in our galaxy could be older than scientists thought
This rocky planet formed about 10 billion years ago, making it twice as old as Earth. It's too hot …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Jupiter's oceanic moon Europa — a prime candidate for alien life — might glow in the dark, a NASA scientist discovered
Jupiter bombards Europa's surface with radiation. The resulting "mosaic" of glowing ice could hint …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Any aliens living around 1,004 nearby stars should be able to see the signs of life on Earth, a study says
Aliens could see Earth passing in front of the sun and notice the chemical footprints of life in ou…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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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Our galaxy could have at least 36 intelligent alien civilizations, researchers say. It may take thousands of years to find them.
Extraterrestrial civilizations could tell us whether human life will last millions of years, or jus…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Demi Lovato says it's 'derogatory' to call extraterrestrials 'aliens'
Lovato was asked if they have an unreleased song titled "Aliens," but the singer said they'd never …
Jacob Sarkisian
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NASA accidentally lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe after sending a wrong command. It could mean the end of its 46-year-old mission.
NASA said it inadvertently lost contact with its probe Voyager 2 over a week ago. The probe is hurt…
Marianne Guenot
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The world's top alien hunters explain why a Harvard physicist's discovery of 'alien' tech is likely a false alarm
Scientists from top alien-hunting organizations SETI and METI don't think Harvard physicist, Avi Lo…
Adam Barnes
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Harvard astrophysicist says he may have found alien tech from a meteor that crashed in the Pacific in 2014
Avi Loeb and his team found 10 tiny spheres that could be part of "a spacecraft from another civili…
George Glover
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The alien-hunting team at SETI has a new test for humanity to decipher messages sent from an alien race
SETI hasn't detected a real message from aliens so it decided to simulate one and see how people re…
Jessica Orwig
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5 times scientists thought they may have discovered aliens
UFOs aren't screaming "aliens" to scientists. Close calls in the hunt for extraterrestrials include…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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13 celebrities who say they believe in aliens or UFOs
And they're not the first ones to believe something's out there — according to Science News, curios…
Martha Sorren
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Russia's space chief invited Elon Musk to his home to talk about 'exploring the universe' and 'extraterrestrial life'
Dmitry Rogozin said he wanted to host Musk at home, adding he had respect for the billionaire being…
Cheryl Teh
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'This is not good': The Arecibo telescope just suffered even more damage that will set back searches for asteroids and aliens
In August, a cable at the Arecibo Observatory snapped, tearing a hole in the reflector dish. On Fri…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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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's Voyager spacecraft carry golden records loaded with music and photos, to explain our world to aliens
When Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 launched into space in 1977, they carried on board a collection of pho…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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China says its giant 'Sky Eye' telescope may have picked up signals from alien civilizations
Chinese researchers found signals that could be from "extraterrestrial civilizations," according to…