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Space

Why haven't we heard from aliens? Because we've barely started looking

The search for alien life has found nothing so far. But the part of the galaxy we’ve searched is equivalent to just a bathtub of water in the world’s oceans

News

10 mysteries of the universe: Is there life out there?

Space

10 mysteries of the universe: Is there life out there?

Features

DNA model

Life

Artificial genes show life does not have to be based on DNA

News

Liu

Life

Exclusive: Chinese sci-fi genius Cixin Liu on humanity's deadly future

Culture

Earth

Life

The clues to finding alien life could lie in Earth's deep past

Features

We could find life on Europa by just scratching its surface

Space

We could find life on Europa by just scratching its surface

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planet

Space

Why weird star systems are where we'll find alien life

Features

Person stands beneath the Milky Way

Space

Are we alone in the universe? Science says it’s a definite maybe

Analysis

Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

Space

Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

News

Silhoutted person looking at stars

Space

I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

It's time to find a new way to speak across the stars, says Douglas Vakoch, head of METI, the body dedicated to messaging possible alien civilisations

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Space

Exoplanet with a cloudless sky may let us see inside a gas giant

News

Space

Life on toxic Venus? Acid-loving microbes could thrive in clouds

News

Space

Life on nearest exoplanet may have been wiped out by superflare

News

Space

Earth had water even before the collision that made the moon

News