The building blocks of life can form rapidly around young stars
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how the complex building blocks of life first formed, finding dust traps around young stars could make an ideal formation location. …
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Signs of life could survive on solar system moons Enceladus and Europa
Read more: Signs of life could survive on solar system moons Enceladus and EuropaSigns of life could survive on the icy surfaces of Saturn’s and Jupiter’s moons, Enceladus and Europa, despite harsh radiation bombardment from the sun and supernovas. …
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The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens
Read more: The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliensWithout plate tectonics, oceans and continents, complex life that is able to invent and master advanced technology might never evolve. …
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If alien terraforming emits greenhouse gases, our telescopes could detect it
Read more: If alien terraforming emits greenhouse gases, our telescopes could detect itA new thought experiment reveals how greenhouse gases can be used as a technosignature in the hunt for aliens.
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If alien life exists on Europa, we may find it in hydrothermal vents
Read more: If alien life exists on Europa, we may find it in hydrothermal ventsCool to moderately warm hydrothermal vents circulating water through the seabed could sustain habitable conditions on moons such as Jupiter’s Europa and Saturn’s Enceladus for billions of years. …
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Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfs
Read more: Life after stellar death? How life could arise on planets orbiting white dwarfsStellar death need not be the end for orbiting planets, which could see their ice melt as they move closer to the white dwarf that their star evolves into. …
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Private Odysseus moon lander reveals which Earth ‘technosignatures’ aliens might see
Read more: Private Odysseus moon lander reveals which Earth ‘technosignatures’ aliens might seeBy looking at Earth as an exoplanet, astronomers hope to search for similar fingerprints coming from planets around other stars, which would be a potential sign of intelligent life. …
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AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations
Read more: AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizationsThe rise of AI might explain why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect the signatures of advanced technical civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy. …
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‘I don’t see any evidence of aliens.’ SpaceX’s Elon Musk says Starlink satellites have never dodged UFOs
Read more: ‘I don’t see any evidence of aliens.’ SpaceX’s Elon Musk says Starlink satellites have never dodged UFOsElon Musk isn’t convinced that aliens have ever visited Earth, according to remarks the SpaceX CEO and founder made during a conference on Tuesday (May 7). …
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Could alien life be hiding in the rings of Saturn or Jupiter?
Read more: Could alien life be hiding in the rings of Saturn or Jupiter?The rings that circle gas giants like Saturn are composed mostly of water-ice particles. Could life exist in these beautiful and enigmatic structures? …
