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Artist's impression of a watery exoplanet

Space

Ocean worlds with a thick atmosphere may be better for life than Earth

Earth is the only planet that we know has life, but it might not be the best one – a thicker atmosphere and slower spin would make a world more conducive to sea life

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Stromatolite formation from Australia

Life

Fossilised microbes from 3.5 billion years ago are oldest yet found

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New Scientist Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi

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New Scientist Live 2019 highlights: Aliens, jet packs and Homo naledi

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spaceman

Space

Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?

Culture

Artists impression of a planet

Space

This watery planet is the best place to hunt life we've seen so far

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night sky artwork

Space

Are there any aliens out there? We are close to knowing for sure

Features

Glowing organisms

Space

We could find alien life on exoplanets by looking for its glow

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Lee Cronin

Chemistry

Chemist Lee Cronin is building an alien to work out why life exists

Regulars

The team inspects the tree

Environment

Tree stumps that should be dead can be kept alive by nearby trees

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jelly-like substance

Life

Early life on Earth may have existed as miniature droplets of jelly

Microscopic jelly blobs that form when simple carbon-based chemicals dry out could have been the precursors to the first biological cells on Earth

News

Space

Internet joke plan to 'raid' Area 51 gets stern reply from US military

News

Humans

James Lovelock says artificial intelligence is the start of new life

Regulars

Definition

Life on Mars

Definition

Why do we have sex?