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The message we're sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth

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The message we're sending to nearby aliens is no threat to Earth

Critics fear provoking hostile extraterrestrials by beaming messages to our closest exoplanets but there's no need to worry, says METI president Douglas Vakoch

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Artist’s impression of GJ273 star system

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We just sent a message to try to talk to aliens on another world

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We've just found a nearby exoplanet that could be right for life

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We've just found a nearby exoplanet that could be right for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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Enceladus’s hot, gritty core may cook up ingredients for life

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artist's impression of an exoplanet

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We may have found 20 habitable worlds hiding in plain sight

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Proxima b

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Our closest star system may be home to a stolen star and planet

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Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

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Nine probes reached the outer solar system: Where are they now?

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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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Some TRAPPIST-1 planets may have the right conditions for water

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We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

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We’ve just seen 15 new mysterious cosmic radio bursts from space

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artist's concept of plumes on Europa

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One of Europa’s plumes may not exist, making hunt for life hard

Jupiter’s icy moon is a promising place to find alien microbes, but hopes that they could be blasted into space by watery plumes may have diminished

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‘Alien megastructure’ star may host Saturn-like exoplanet

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Science fiction picks: Time for a reality check

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Building blocks of alien cells found on Saturn’s largest moon

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Physics

Aliens slumbering for billions of years are out there – really?

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