19 h. ago Scientists now say MILLIONS of planets could be teeming with life

Planet K2-18b is very unlikely to be a one-off in the vast universe - meaning many others that are similar likely exist too.

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35 h. ago Mars 'once home to alien lifeforms' as NASA makes bombshell Red Planet discovery

Aliens could once have been living on Mars after scientists made a bombshell discovery while drilling on the Red Planet. The NASA Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity Rover squad are buzzing

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37 h. ago Scientists just found the ‘strongest evidence’ yet of extraterrestrial life. Are we about to find aliens?

Scientists have found the best ever hint of alien life on another planet. But they aren’t getting entirely excited just yet.

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41 h. ago Scientists may have found aliens but should we contact them? Top physicists warn reaching out to extraterrestrials could result in 'the end of all life on Earth'

Scientist reveal promising signs of biological life on another planet, but trying to reach out to them could be 'a really bad idea' according to one expert.

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43 h. ago Scientists reveal what aliens could REALLY look like on exoplanet K2

As scientists discover the most promising evidence of life on a distant planet, experts reveal what that alien life might look like.

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43 h. ago Social media erupts with hilarious memes as scientists discover signature of alien life on a planet 120 light years from Earth

Following the announcement of the alien planet, it didn't take long for hilarious memes to pop up across social media.

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44 h. ago Have aliens been discovered and which planets are contenders for life?

‘Strongest evidence yet’ of alien life beyond Earth

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47 h. ago Ocean planet could be 'teeming with alien life' as scientists make 'astounding discovery'

Professor Nikku Madhusudhan made the discovery and now claims that it is 'the strongest evidence yet there is possibly life out there' somewhere in our universe

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47 h. ago Scientist says aliens are probably real as they find 'strongest ever signs' of ET

Professor Nikku Madhusudhan made the discovery and now claims that it is 'the strongest evidence yet there is possibly life out there' somewhere in our universe

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47 h. ago Strongest sign found yet of alien life by scientists investigating distant ocean

Scientists have found gases used in biological processes on earth 124 light years away on a world they suspect could be ‘teeming’ with life

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48 h. ago Scientists find ‘strongest evidence yet’ of alien life on distant planet

The tantalizing hints of a far planet ‘teeming’ with extraterrestrial life is some 120 light-years away from Earth, researchers say

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54 h. ago Scientists hail ‘strongest evidence’ so far for life beyond our solar system

Astrophysics team say observation of chemical compounds may be ‘tipping point’ in search for extraterrestrial lifeA giant planet 124 light years from Earth has yielded the strongest evidence yet that extraterrestrial life may be thriving beyond our solar system, astronomers claim.Observations by the James Webb space telescope of a planet called K2-18 b appear to reveal the chemical fingerprints of two compounds that, on Earth, are only known to be produced by life. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Signature of alien life 'found' 120 light years from Earth: Scientists detect signs of tell

A distant ocean-covered world, teeming with life. That's the most likely explanation for a new discovery made by scientists studying the planet K2-18b.

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54 h. ago Life on other planets breakthrough as scientists 99.7% sure aliens exist outside solar system

"Decades from now, we may look back at this point in time and recognise it was when the living universe came within reach," said one of the scientists who worked on the ground-breaking discovery

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3 d. ago NASA unveils chilling timeline for Earth's final days under a dying Sun

A group of NASA scientists has come up with a timeline for the complete end of life on Earth using mathematical models powered by supercomputers, and the results are not good

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4 d. ago Earth's oceans could turn red or purple and were once green, scientists claim

Life on Earth is inextricably linked to the colour of our planet's oceans, with water chemistry and the influence of life playing a crucial role in determining the hue of the water

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5 d. ago America's missing nuclear weapons as 'Broken Arrow' incidents expose atomic

The USA reportedly still possesses over 5,000 nuclear warheads - which is enough to destroy most life on Earth - but the military is responsible for at least 32 accidents involving weapons

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1 week ago The truth is out there: Scientists want a new mission to hunt for life beyond Earth

A trip to planets outside our solar system could tell scientists a lot — even if no extraterrestrial life is found

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1 week ago It’s up to each of us to help save life on Earth – I love this challenge | Bob Brown

Taking action against species extinction can be risky but it’s better than surrenderExplore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this electionGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailExtinction. In 1844 Ketill Ketilsson won the race to grab the last pair of great auks. They were nesting on Iceland’s Eldey Island. Millions of these penguin-like birds had been slaughtered for feather-stuffed quilts to keep Europe’s burgeoning human population warm. Ketilsson strangled the two but tripped over and broke their egg. Never mind, he won the reward being offered by museums in Copenhagen for the final specimens.A perverse market rule on species had been established: the rarer a species gets, the more valuable it becomes. It came too late for those who killed the last dodo, moa or Steller’s sea cow – but look at the money now going into resurrecting mammoths and thylacines.Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton...

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1 week ago Scientists find dark oxygen that could reshape our understanding of how life started on Earth

Rocky lumps were found that are capable of producing “dark oxygen” 4,000 metres below sea level completely out of light’s reach

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