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exoplanets

Four ways to spot hints of alien life using the James Webb Space Telescope

Magazine

Four ways to spot hints of alien life using the James Webb Space Telescope

By Joanna Barstow

Pioneering astrophysicist Frank Drake has died, but his equation for alien intelligence will provoke us forever

World

Pioneering astrophysicist Frank Drake has died, but his equation for alien intelligence will provoke us forever

By David Rothery

'Oumuamua is indeed an emissary from another solar system, just not alien technology

World

'Oumuamua is indeed an emissary from another solar system, just not alien technology

By Tiara Walters

A mysterious signal looked like a sign of alien technology — but it turned out to be radio interference

Magazine

A mysterious signal looked like a sign of alien technology — but it turned out to be radio interference

By Danny C Price

A quarter of Sun-like stars eat their own planets, according to new research

Magazine

A quarter of Sun-like stars eat their own planets, according to new research

By Lorenzo Spina