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The deep-sea volcanoes beneath Earth’s oceans may offer vital clues in the search for alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...

REx sample return capsule contained rock from the asteroid Bennu. NASA/Keegan Barber Mary Magnuson, Collecting asteroid samples China’s Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is set to launch this ...

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ASTRONAUTS visiting Mars could unearth a museum of alien fossils that may have belonged to an intelligent civilisation.

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Are you fascinated by UFO stories, alien theories, and the mysteries of the universe? Do you believe life exists on other ...

Noah Hawley is teasing the 'Alien: Earth' series could eventually connect to the events on LV-426 in the original 'Alien' film.

New research says that the search for extraterrestrial life may be too narrow, as life could thrive in conditions far different from Earth's.

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A type of lichen was able to survive extreme UV radiation in the lab, suggesting that ozone protection might not be required for life on exoplanets.