Looking for extraterrestrial life
The search for ET is getting more sophisticated.
Astronomers looking for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence are ramping up a host of new methods far more sophisti...
Astrobiology
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Wings may be universal. Smarts, not so much.
Are we alone in the universe? Include science in the discussion.
Although we have no clue how life began, and no way to estimate the odds, many astrobiologists believe life gets goin...
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Why alien life seems inevitable
The thought that ET may exist is not as far-fetched as it used to be.
Extraterrestrial life, that familiar science-fiction trope, that kitschy fantasy, that CGI nightmare, has become a ma...
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Astrobiology: Did Mars and Earth swap microbes?
The concept of travel between planets.
Astrobiology is based on the hope that life is widespread in the universe. There are two ways this might be the case....
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Could cyanobacteria terraform Mars?
That blue-green algae has implications for astrobiology.
The bacteria that 3.5 billion years ago were largely responsible for the creation of a breathable atmosphere on Earth...
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The octopus from space: the return of panspermia
Paper revies theory that life began from cosmic microbes.
The peer-reviewed journal Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology recently published a most remarkable scientifi...