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Should SpaceX be allowed to contaminate Mars with Earth microbes?
The rise of the private space industry may mean allowing Earth microbes to escape to other worlds, but is it worth the risk?
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Life
Alien life could be weirder than our Earthling brains can ever imagine
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Space
When will we hear from aliens? We may already have done so
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Space
Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?
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Space
Life on Mars: Could we build a home on the Red Planet?
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Life
Why the hunt for alien life is under way far beneath Earth’s surface
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Humans
BBC coverage of the Martian invasion will follow shortly
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Space
Ocean worlds with a thick atmosphere may be better for life than Earth
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New 杏吧原创 Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi
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Space
Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?
Imagined Life, a riveting update of what we know about the planets beyond our solar system, makes smart guesses about what we might face when we do make contact
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Space
This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we’ve seen so far
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Space
Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure
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Space
We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow
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Chemistry
Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists
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