Missions to confirm signs of life on Venus are already in the works
30 September 2020
Confirming potential signs of life on Venus may require a trip there, and several missions from governments and private space firms are already being designed
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Alien life may exist on Venus but intelligence could be harder to find
30 September 2020
Phosphine in Venus’s atmosphere could be a sign of alien microbes, but we will probably never discover an intelligent alien civilisation
Why we're in for a long wait to hear from intelligent aliens
30 September 2020
Hints of bacteria on Venus are encouraging, but finding life beyond Earth is the easy part. A new analysis suggests the evolution of human-like intelligence on another planet is more improbable than we like to imagine
Dino-killing asteroid choked whole world in dust within a few hours
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When a large asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, it sent huge curtains of dust flying tens of kilometres up into the air that quickly covered the planet
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When asteroid Armageddon is upon us, we can't just call Bruce Willis. Meet the people who really do watch the skies – and make detailed plans for our survival
Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine
11 December 2019
Our conceptions of alien life are based on a sample of one: Earth’s life. That means even our wildest imaginings are likely to be completely off beam
