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Extraterrestrial life

Humans, the foolish godlings of infinite space

Sci-Tech

Humans, the foolish godlings of infinite space

By Don Pinnock

Nasa considers sending swimming robots to habitable ‘ocean worlds’ of the Solar System

Magazine

Nasa considers sending swimming robots to habitable ‘ocean worlds’ of the Solar System

By David Rothery

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

Newsdeck

'Peculiar' radio signals emerge from nearby star

By AFP

Newsdeck

New evidence of water plumes on Jupiter's moon Europa

By AFP

Cosmos – the final frontier; these are the voyages of the starship Neil deGrasse Tyson…

Maverick Life

Cosmos – the final frontier; these are the voyages of the starship Neil deGrasse Tyson…

By J Brooks Spector

In memoriam: John Billingham, the man who chased ET all over the universe

World

In memoriam: John Billingham, the man who chased ET all over the universe

By Richard Poplak

No organic material found on Mars yet, Nasa says

Newsdeck

No organic material found on Mars yet, Nasa says

By Reuters

2011: A year of pushing space frontiers

Sci-Tech

2011: A year of pushing space frontiers

By Rebecca Davis

Um, if we get ET on the line, what will we say?

Sci-Tech

Um, if we get ET on the line, what will we say?

By Andy Rice