extraterrestrial life
The detection of phosphine molecules, which consist of hydrogen and phosphorus, could point to this extraterrestrial 'aerial' life
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NASA scientists have announced first results from new intelligent systems, to be installed in space probes, capable of identifying geochemical signatures of life from rock samples
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Since the flybys by the Voyager and Galileo spacecraft, scientists have held that the surface crust floats on a subsurface ocean
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A recent visual experiment calls into question the application of artificial intelligence to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
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New research offers evidence that humans—and the rest of life on Earth—may have been able to form with the right combination of star dust and radiation
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In a recent study, researchers set about testing how efficient binary star systems are at ejecting objects
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The simulations are necessary to establish models of the atmospheres of far-distant worlds, models that can be used to look for signs of life outside the solar system
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"Discoveries like this really help to give a little more insight into what’s out there and encourages people to look up and wonder”
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Biologist expands pursuit of desert-dwelling microbes
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New work will help astronomers allocate scarce observing time to the most promising candidates for habitability
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