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Lee Cronin

Chemistry

Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists

Lee Cronin is making a vast chemical robot – and an alien – to find out why life exists and if we can detect it on other worlds

Regulars

Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

Space

Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

News

alien planet with three suns

Space

Planet in triple-star system may be our best chance to find alien life

News

Technology

Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time

News

Mars rover

Space

Unique chance to confirm methane spikes – and perhaps life – on Mars

News

Europa

Space

A simple experiment could help find alien life on Europa

News

Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Space

Prepare to jump to light speed: Inside the mission to go interstellar

Features

Curiosity rovr

Space

Curiosity is entering what may be the best area to find life on Mars

News

Kepler-452b

Space

We’ve found 4000 exoplanets but almost zero are right for life

News

I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

Video

I want to believe: An astronomer's view of aliens

Astronomer Chris Lintott dreams of a meeting with life from another world and confronts the prospect that we might be alone.

Video

Video

Lewis Dartnell: Astrobiology – the search for alien life

Video

Video

Didier Queloz: The search for habitable exoplanets

Video

Space

Salty Martian groundwater may have enough oxygen to support life

News

Space

Alien life could spread between solar systems on interstellar rocks

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