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From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

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Pocock, a space scientist at University College London and BBC presenter, predicts alien life will be found by 2075 but ...

The mystery around these sorts of mushrooms illustrates the value in conserving and researching natural wonders like them.

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If nonliving materials can produce rich, organized mixtures of organic molecules, then the traditional signs we use to ...

The afternoon of 7 August 1996 isn’t a time that sticks in many people’s minds. But if things had worked out differently, it might have been etched into our collective memory. At 1.15pm, US President ...