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Possible 'Super-Earth' Discovered Just 20 Light-Years Away, Say Scientists
The rocky exoplanet is nearly four times Earth's mass and may offer new insights in the search for habitable worlds.
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Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
A new study proposes that life may exist far from sunlight in a “radiolytic habitable zone” deep beneath the icy surfaces of Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. Cosmic rays, which can penetrate rock and ice, break water molecules apart to release hydrogen, oxygen, and energy-rich electrons. These can fuel microbes in subsurface water, much like bacter...
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New Model Helps To Figure Out Which Distant Planets May Host Life
The US is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance the search for life beyond Earth.
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"Exciting Signs Of Possible Presence Of Life": Scientist On Venus Find
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth is associated with living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
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China Launches Gigantic Telescope In Hunt For Life Beyond Earth
China on Saturday officially opened operations of the world's largest radio telescope, which it will use for space research and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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Mystery Signals From Galaxy 300 Light Years Away: Was Stephen Hawking Right?
A mission to explore intelligent alien life in the universe has recorded some mysterious signals coming from a galaxy three billion light years away, according to an Indian-origin scientist working on the ambitious project co-founded by Stephen Hawking.
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Possible 'Super-Earth' Discovered Just 20 Light-Years Away, Say Scientists
The rocky exoplanet is nearly four times Earth's mass and may offer new insights in the search for habitable worlds.
-
Scientists Explore Role of Space Radiation in Powering Alien Microbial Life
A new study proposes that life may exist far from sunlight in a “radiolytic habitable zone” deep beneath the icy surfaces of Mars, Europa, and Enceladus. Cosmic rays, which can penetrate rock and ice, break water molecules apart to release hydrogen, oxygen, and energy-rich electrons. These can fuel microbes in subsurface water, much like bacter...
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New Model Helps To Figure Out Which Distant Planets May Host Life
The US is building multiple major telescopes and planetary probes to advance the search for life beyond Earth.
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"Exciting Signs Of Possible Presence Of Life": Scientist On Venus Find
The atmosphere of Venus contains traces of phosphine gas -- which on Earth is associated with living organisms -- scientists said on Monday, in fresh insight into conditions on our nearest planetary neighbour.
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China Launches Gigantic Telescope In Hunt For Life Beyond Earth
China on Saturday officially opened operations of the world's largest radio telescope, which it will use for space research and help in the hunt for extraterrestrial life, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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Mystery Signals From Galaxy 300 Light Years Away: Was Stephen Hawking Right?
A mission to explore intelligent alien life in the universe has recorded some mysterious signals coming from a galaxy three billion light years away, according to an Indian-origin scientist working on the ambitious project co-founded by Stephen Hawking.
