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Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

Space

Hubble rounds up the first worlds we’ll check for alien life

The space telescope is set to spend hundreds of hours over the next year picking out the perfect planet for its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, to probe in earnest

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alien

Space

The world in 2076: We still haven't found alien life

Features

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of <em>Arrival</em>

Space

The science behind the twisting alien linguistics of Arrival

Culture

Aerial view of the 500-metre-wide telescope dish

Space

Biggest radio telescope on Earth ready to receive alien signals

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An alien spaceship over a city

Life

Spoiler alert: Why strange signals are never really from aliens

Analysis

Russian telescope

Life

Mysterious signal unlikely to be aliens after SETI draws a blank

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The RATAN-600 radio telescope in Zelenchukskaya

Life

Mysterious SETI signal sends alien-hunting telescopes scrambling

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illustration of a planet in silhouette with a star behind

Space

Proxima b: 7 big questions about the new planet next door

Analysis

Life

Ocean worlds: Searching for life in the solar system's seas

Features

Robert Byer

Space

How lasers found gravitational waves – and could hunt for aliens

Detecting gravitational waves is just the start, says Robert Byer: the next stops are giant space telescopes, satellite launchers and nuclear fusion power

Features

Earth

Hunting for Mars-like life a kilometre below Earth’s surface

News

Space

China builds world’s largest radio telescope to hunt for aliens

News

Space

Impossible vanishing stars could be signs of advanced alien life

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Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

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