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NASA's mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds
By Douglas Vakoch published
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water.
How could life survive on tidally locked planets?
By Paul Sutter published
Space mysteries Astronomers are especially interested in the habitability of these kinds of planets, which always face their star with the same side, because they are incredibly common in the universe.
Saturn's ocean moon Enceladus is able to support life − my research team is working out how to detect extraterrestrial cells there
By Fabian Klenner published
As a planetary scientist and astrobiologist who studies ice grains from Enceladus, I'm interested in whether there is life on this or other icy moons. I also want to understand how scientists like me could detect it.
'Astrobiodefense:' Thinktank calls for defending Earth from space bugs
By Leonard David published
"As fantastical as it may sound, astrobiodefense is neither hypothetical nor fictional."
Sorry, little green men: Alien life might actually be purple
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
The search for alien life can now include purple bacteria, thanks to a new catalog of chemical makeup of the lavender-hued organisms.
SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have'
By Leonard David published
For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there's a need to step back and cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality.
Western US residents report the most UFO sightings — what are they actually seeing?
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Wide-open spaces of the western U.S. may partly explain the region’s higher UAP sightings, according to a new study.
Life on Enceladus? Europe eyes astrobiology mission to Saturn ocean moon
By Keith Cooper published
The future European Space Agency mission could include an orbiting spacecraft as well as a lander, both of which would sample ocean material in Enceladus' plumes.
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