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Mercury has salt glaciers that could provide the conditions for life

Mercury may have deep underground salt glaciers that encircle the whole planet and could possibly create the conditions necessary for life

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How the JUICE mission will look for habitability on Jupiter's moons

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Juice launch 14/04/2023 ESA?s latest interplanetary mission, Juice, lifted off on an?Ariane 5 rocket?from?Europe?s Spaceport?in French 09:14 local time/14:14CEST on 14 April 2023 to begin its eight-year journey to Jupiter, where it will study in detail the gas giant planet?s three large ocean-bearing moons: Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Juice ? Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer ??is humankind?s next bold mission to the outer Solar System. This ambitious mission will?characterise Ganymede, Callisto and Europa with a powerful suite of remote sensing, geophysical and in situ instruments to discover more about these compelling destinations as potential habitats for past or present life. Juice will monitor Jupiter?s complex magnetic, radiation and plasma environment in depth and its interplay with the moons, studying the Jupiter system as an archetype for gas giant systems across the Universe. Following launch, Juice will embark on an eight-year journey to Jupiter, arriving in July 2031 with the aid of momentum and direction gained from four gravity-assist fly-bys of the Earth-Moon system, Venus and, twice, Earth. Flight VA260 is the final Ariane 5 flight to carry an ESA mission to space.

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Mars used to have wet and dry seasons similar to ones on Earth

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Why do so many people believe aliens have visited Earth?

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Why do so many people believe aliens have visited Earth?

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The Allen Telescope Array

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Fake alien message sent to Earth to prepare us for first contact

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What are the prospects for life on the icy moons Europa and Enceladus?

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An artist's impression of ‘Oumuamua, passing through the solar system

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Space rock or flashy alien technology? We're going to find out

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Supernova 1987A shines brightly close to centre of this image

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Supernovae might be a good place to hunt for alien broadcasts

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Two planets orbiting a red-dwarf star (illustration)

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Up to 74% of planets in the ‘habitable zone’ may not be good for life

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)

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LIGO may be able to detect alien warp drives using gravitational waves

If aliens were to make spacecraft as massive as Jupiter or ones that use warp drives, we might be able to detect them using the ripples they produce in space-time

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Bacteria could survive just under Mars's surface for 280 million years

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WHY haven't we heard from aliens? Nestled amongst the vast clouds of star-forming regions like this one lie potential clues about the formation of our own Solar System

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Why haven't we heard from aliens? There is a reason for the silence

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The hunt for extraterrestrial life is about to enter a new era

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The hunt for extraterrestrial life is about to enter a new era

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Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds

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Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds

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