A moon of Saturn that resembles the Death Star from Star Wars because of a massive impact crater on its surface has a hidden ocean…
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Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter’s moons contains carbon
The vast subterranean ocean of Europa, one of Jupiter’s many moons, contains carbon, one of the crucial ingredients for life, scientists have discovered. The observations,…
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Another day, another story about the US government hiding the fact that it has retrieved alien spacecraft. You can hear similar claims all the time…
View More Are aliens that bad at parking? What we need to ask about recent UFO revelationsBlast-off to Jupiter moons postponed for fear of lightning strikes
The European Space Agency has postponed its mission to Jupiter after weather forecasters flagged a risk of lightning strikes at its spaceport in French Guiana.…
View More Blast-off to Jupiter moons postponed for fear of lightning strikesJuice Mission: why has the search for alien life moved to Jupiter’s moons? – podcast
The European Space Agency’s long-awaited Juice Mission is about to blast off for Jupiter’s moons. Its goal: to find out whether the oceans below their…
View More Juice Mission: why has the search for alien life moved to Jupiter’s moons? – podcastIf aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?
The moment has been imagined a thousand times. As astronomers comb the cosmos with their powerful telescopes, they spot something that makes them gasp. Amid…
View More If aliens contact humanity, who decides what we do next?Jupiter’s moon Europa may have water where life could exist, say scientists
Subterranean pools of salty water may be commonplace on Jupiter’s moon, Europa, according to researchers who believe the sites could be promising spots to search…
View More Jupiter’s moon Europa may have water where life could exist, say scientistsScientists hope to broadcast DNA and Earth’s location for curious aliens
“Even if the aliens are short, dour and sexually obsessed,” the late cosmologist Carl Sagan once mused, “if they’re here, I want to know about…
View More Scientists hope to broadcast DNA and Earth’s location for curious aliensViruses, even alien ones, are delicate things | Letter
Prof Paul Davies’s headline-grabbing proposal of an invasion by alien viruses (Viruses may exist ‘elsewhere in the universe’, warns scientist, 6 September) may well raise…
View More Viruses, even alien ones, are delicate things | LetterViruses may exist ‘elsewhere in the universe’, warns scientist
The Covid pandemic has already turned life as we know it upside down – and no doubt prompted some people to want to leave the…
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