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Alien life could look nothing like what we expect. Here's how microbes beyond Earth might live without liquid water

Every known living thing on Earth needs water. The life-giving liquid makes up around 60 percent of each human’s body weight, ...

The best places to look for alien life: Scientists identify 45 Earth-like worlds to explore for a 'Project Hail Mary'

If we're to find extraterrestrial life in the universe, astronomers have pinpointed the best places to look for it. They have ...

‘Alien-Like’ water found inside a 400-million-year-old plant — How did this happen on Earth?

Scientists have discovered “alien-like” water inside a 400-million-year-old plant, revealing unusual chemistry that could ...
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Could alien signals have already reached Earth undetected?

If advanced aliens lived on a planet within a few hundred to a thousand light years away from Earth, then vast numbers of their signals must already have crossed Earth without being noticed, a new ...

Anyone Hoping for Aliens to Contact Earth Will Have to Wait Another 400 Years At Least

Now, there may be an answer, according to a new paper published on the preprint site arXiv: The aliens are out there, alright. We just have to give them time to notice us and reach out to us. The ...

What Bugonia reveals about the real search for aliens

A warehouse worker, Teddy (played by Jesse Plemons), accuses high-powered CEO Michelle (Emma Stone) of being an ...