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Return to Titan: Why this icy world is our best bet to find life

Tantalising clues suggest the weird seas on Saturn’s largest moon contain a chemical cocktail capable of spawning life. A daring mission now aims to find out

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Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive

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Weird crystals could grow on Titan and help alien life thrive

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We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

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We could find advanced aliens by looking for their space junk

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We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

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We may have already found signs of alien microbes on Enceladus

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Pre-life molecules found floating in nearby galaxy

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Pre-life molecules found floating in nearby galaxy

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Early Earth’s air may show us how to find signs of alien life

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Early Earth’s air may show us how to find signs of alien life

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Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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Deadly solar flares may have helped seed life on Mars and beyond

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Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive

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Tides and atmospheres on TRAPPIST-1 planets may help life thrive

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Why complex life could prove remarkably common in the universe

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Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog

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Planets near dangerous stars could shield alien life under smog

Red and white dwarfs make nasty neighbours due to spurts of deadly radiation, but alien life could still form on planets nearby if shielded by smog or oceans

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Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has a hidden ‘conveyer belt’ of heat

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No, aliens aren't lurking on the International Space Station

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Private mission may get us back to Enceladus sooner than NASA

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Ocean-covered planets may not be the places to search for life

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