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Alien life may look nothing like life on Earth — so how should we go about looking for it?
By Chris Impey Published
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Moon quiz: What do you know about our nearest celestial neighbor?
By Christina Hughes Published
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The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight! How to see the year's last big display of 'shooting stars' before it's too late.
By Jamie Carter Last updated
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'Like they were demon possessed': Geomagnetic super storms are causing tractors to dance from side to side across US farms — and the sun is to blame
By Harry Baker Published
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Nearby exoplanet has grown a tail 44 times longer than Earth — and it's acting like a giant 'stellar windsock'
By Harry Baker Published
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China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Cold Moon 2024: Watch the final full moon of the year rise with Jupiter this weekend
By Jamie Carter Last updated
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Astronomy
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Moon quiz: What do you know about our nearest celestial neighbor?
By Christina Hughes Published
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The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight! How to see the year's last big display of 'shooting stars' before it's too late.
By Jamie Carter Last updated
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'Like they were demon possessed': Geomagnetic super storms are causing tractors to dance from side to side across US farms — and the sun is to blame
By Harry Baker Published
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Nearby exoplanet has grown a tail 44 times longer than Earth — and it's acting like a giant 'stellar windsock'
By Harry Baker Published
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China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Cold Moon 2024: Watch the final full moon of the year rise with Jupiter this weekend
By Jamie Carter Last updated
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Our sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns
By Ben Turner Published
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Scientists spot 'L-shaped structures' and 'weird things' near monster black hole in epic new Hubble telescope images
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Comets played a 'major' role in making life on Earth possible, new study hints
By Deepa Jain Published
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Extraterrestrial Life
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Alien life may look nothing like life on Earth — so how should we go about looking for it?
By Chris Impey Published
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12 strange reasons humans haven't found alien life yet
By Brandon Specktor Published
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'It's hard not to believe he saw something': Historian Greg Eghigian on how UFOs took over the world
By Ben Turner Published
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The fastest-moving stars in the galaxy may be piloted by intelligent aliens, new paper suggests
By Paul Sutter Published
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UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos'
By Brett Tingley Published
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It would be easier to find aliens in a parallel universe than in our own, new multiverse study claims
By Harry Baker Published
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Does alien life need a planet to survive? Scientists propose intriguing possibility
By Paul Sutter Published
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Father-daughter team decodes 'alien signal' from Mars that stumped the world for a year
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Alien civilizations are probably killing themselves from climate change, bleak study suggests
By Sierra Bouchér Published
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Space Exploration
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How long does it take to travel to the moon?
By Drew Turney Published
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Space photo of the week: Astronaut spots 2 nearby galaxies from SpaceX capsule
By Jamie Carter Published
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NASA delays historic Artemis missions — yet again
By Ben Turner Published
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Europe launches twin spacecraft to make daily solar eclipses in space. Here's what to know about Proba-3.
By Harry Baker Last updated
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Astronauts baffled by 'unexpected odor' leaking from Russian spacecraft docked at ISS
By Ben Turner Published
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ISS dodges its 39th piece of potentially hazardous space junk. Experts say it won't be the last.
By Sascha Pare Published
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NASA warns of potential 'catastrophic failure' on leaking ISS — but Russia doesn't want to fix it
By Joanna Thompson Published
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Students' 'homemade' rocket soars faster and farther into space than any other amateur spacecraft — smashing 20-year records
By Harry Baker Published
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Space Force's mysterious X-37B begins 'aerobraking' to lower orbit. Here's how it works.
By Brett Tingley Published
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Cold Moon 2024: Watch the final full moon of the year rise with Jupiter this weekend
By Jamie Carter Last updated
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Our sun may be overdue for a 'superflare' stronger than billions of atomic bombs, new research warns
By Ben Turner Published
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Scientists spot 'L-shaped structures' and 'weird things' near monster black hole in epic new Hubble telescope images
By Joanna Thompson Published
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