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Avi Loeb: Is ‘Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?

Avi Loeb: Is ‘Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?

15 February 2021

Avi Loeb suggests ‘Oumuamua could be an alien spacecraft and that the search for extraterrestrial life is just good science.


Meet NASA's latest Mars Rover: Will Perseverance find life in 2021?

Meet NASA's latest Mars Rover: Will Perseverance find life in 2021?

22 September 2020

Perseverance is the first NASA mission to explicitly look for signs of ancient life. It will also test the first extraterrestrial helicopter and prepare for human exploration.


Geraint Lewis at New Scientist Live 2019

The search for aliens: Is anybody out there?

12 December 2019

Intelligent life in the universe seems to be vanishingly rare. Astrophysicist Geraint Lewis reveals our odds of us ever meeting aliens


Avi Loeb

When will we hear from aliens? We may already have done so

9 December 2019

It is just a matter of time before we hear from alien civilisations, argues Avi Loeb – in fact, we may already have done so


Javier Martin-Torres

Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?

9 December 2019

Is Mars habitable? Was it ever? And what of the future? Javier Martin-Torres is finding out


Javier Martin-Torres

Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?

9 December 2019

Is Mars habitable? Was it ever? And what of the future? Javier Martin-Torres is finding out


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

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

15 January 2019

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


Lewis Dartnell: Astrobiology – the search for alien life

Lewis Dartnell: Astrobiology – the search for alien life

17 December 2018

Could there be life on other planets, and if so, what would it look like? Astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell is hunting for alien life in whatever form it takes. Join him as he explores how life developed on our planet, and where life might exist beyond Earth


Didier Queloz: The search for habitable exoplanets

Didier Queloz: The search for habitable exoplanets

1 November 2018

We are getting close to being able to see signs of life on different worlds, says exoplanet pioneer Didier Queloz.


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