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Astronomers have typically used something known as the Drake Equation to calculate how many technically advanced alien civilisations there are
Read moreAstronomers have typically used something known as the Drake Equation to calculate how many technically advanced alien civilisations there are
Read moreExtremophiles thrive in boiling water, acid, the water core of nuclear reactors and even toxic waste. And life has yet
Read moreThe sequence of radio waves were detected by the Parkes telescope in Australia in both April and May last year
Read moreThe radio signal was traced back to this planet using the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope in the Netherlands.
Read moreProxima Centauri is just 4.2 light years away from Earth and is the nearest star to the Sun. Several planets
Read moreScientists have in recent years ramped up efforts in the search for extraterrestrial life. Now, astrobiologists like Dr Douglas Vakoch
Read moreALIENS potentially living on distant exoplanet Proxima b may soon learn about life on Earth from artwork delivered by NASA.
Read moreWhile there has been no direct evidence of aliens – despite countless UFO claims – the sheer size of the
Read moreChina constructs 500 metre spherical radio telescope ‘FAST’ SETI, searching for extraterrestrial intelligence, listens for radio or laser signals from
Read moreThe discovery of phosphorus and fluorine collected from a comet suggest all important elements needed for life may have been
Read moreFerocious floods on an inconceivable scale are now known to have once filled Gale Crater on the Red Planet’s equator
Read moreDark matter is infuriatingly evasive because it is believed to be composed of particles unable to absorb, reflect, or emit
Read moreAnd water is, after all, a key building block of life as we know it. Lead author Steve Bryson, a
Read moreDirect fusion drive is mainly fuelled by deuterium and a helium-3 isotopes. With even the smallest of this potent mix,
Read moreRIMFAX or Radar Imager for Mars’ Subsurface Experiment will provide detailed views of the subsurface to depths of about 30ft
Read moreThe question of whether alien life exists has preoccupied philosophers and scientists for millennia, without any significant progress so far
Read moreThe hunt for aliens continues to heat up and it gained traction last week when scientists announced the discovery of
Read moreScitentists last week anounced that a chemical which could be the result of a biological process was discovered in the
Read more“Because these are gas giants, detecting the molecules at the top of the atmosphere also offers a window into the
Read moreSPACE experts have discovered a “Pi Earth” similar to our planet that orbits its star almost exactly every 3.14 days.
Read moreThis cutting-edge instrument then filtered the light into various wavelengths to inform scientists about the makeup of this reflective material.
Read moreOur planet is so far the only world known to contain all the ingredients required for life as we know
Read moreA key element of detecting evidence for alien life elsewhere in the Universe is the presence of a certain category
Read more“In other words, at one time Mars was potentially habitable!” Another important NASA mission, the Pheonix Mars lander in 2008,
Read moreAccording to Dr David L Clements, Reader in Astrophysics at Imperial College London, the discovery is going to shift the
Read moreThen, after six months of data processing, the discovery was confirmed. Dr Emily Drabek-Maunder, of the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said:
Read moreDr Clara Sousa Silva of the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology (MIT) said: “The discovery raises many questions, such as how
Read moreOn the other end of the spectrum, astronomers searching for alien life are looking at planets for so-called “biosignatures”. Dr
Read moreWhether we are alone or not in the Universe is still a hotly contested topic and a question which has
Read moreUNIVERSITY of Manchester scientists have narrowed down the search for aliens in a major breakthrough in the Search for Extraterrestrial
Read moreThe hunt for aliens has typically been limited to nearby and distant planets, but new research throws that wide open.
Read morePanspermia is the theory certain microorganisms could survive the lifeless space between planets. The microorganisms could have been flung from
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