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Life Needs Sunlight — and That Could Change Where We Look for Aliens
August 02, 2018 | ArticleWith every new exoplanet discovered, the same question arises: Could this world host life? That capability requires so much more than liquid water.
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This Scale Ranks Extraterrestrial-Life Discoveries, Grounding Overblown Headlines
August 02, 2018 | ArticleA team of researchers pursuing the search for extraterrestrial intelligence has decided to revive a scale meant to ground alien-detection alerts in reality.
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Planet Nine: 'Insensitive' Term Riles Scientists
August 01, 2018 | ArticleCalling the hypothetical undiscovered world in the outer solar system "Planet Nine" doesn't show the proper amount of respect to the discoverer of the original ninth planet, Pluto, a group of researchers argues.
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What's the Coldest Place in the Universe?
August 01, 2018 | ArticleIt's not Miami Beach, if that's what you were thinking. Nor is it the North Pole.
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NASA Created a Rare, Exotic State of Matter in Space
August 01, 2018 | ArticleA special device aboard the International Space Station has produced Bose-Einstein condensates in space for the first time ever.
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Astrophysicists Just Saw an Amazing Structure in the Sun's Outer Atmosphere
July 31, 2018 | ArticleInside the sun's atmosphere, what may seem like cosmic clutter hides some beautiful order.
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9 Strange, Scientific Excuses for Why Humans Haven't Found Aliens Yet
July 31, 2018 | CountdownWhere are all the aliens? Scientists have some … unusual theories.
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The Sun Had a Wild Youth. And These Blue Crystals Prove It.
July 30, 2018 | ArticleBlue crystals in meteorites contain evidence of the sun's volatile past.
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Weird Volcanoes Are Erupting Across the Solar System
July 29, 2018 | ArticleSizzling-hot rocks explode and ooze onto the surfaces of several extraterrestrial worlds.
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Longest Lunar Eclipse of the Century Dazzles Skywatchers
July 28, 2018 | ArticleThe 21st century's longest total lunar eclipse entranced skywatchers around the globe today (July 27).
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