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The 'Black Knight' satellite conspiracy: Uncovering the 120-year-old alien mystery
By David Crookes last updated
According to conspiracy theorists, the Black Knight satellite is an alien spacecraft orbiting Earth. Here's what's really going on.

Does alien life need a planet to survive? Scientists propose intriguing possibility
By Paul Sutter published
While such organisms may or may not exist in the universe, the research has important implications for future human endeavors in space.

SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent
By Keith Cooper published
A new search for extraterrestrial radio signals during planetary occultations in the TRAPPIST-1 system provides a promising new strategy for hunting for extraterrestrial life.

The key ingredients for life on Earth came from space, new evidence suggests
By Robert Lea published
'If we can understand how these materials came to be on Earth, it might give us clues to how life originated here, and how it might emerge elsewhere.'

Why haven't we found intelligent alien civilizations? There may be a 'universal limit to technological development’
By Conor Feehly published
Why haven’t we found signs of advanced alien life? Scientists ponder the heavy question.

Mass extinctions on Earth can help us find alien life in the cosmos. Here's how
By Conor Feehly last updated
The history of life on Earth offers clues to aid the search for complex life elsewhere in the cosmos.

Some of Uranus' moons might be able to support life. Here's what a mission might reveal
By Conor Feehly published
"The most exciting prospect at the (Uranian) moons is that they could still host subsurface oceans at present.”

'We are close:' SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol on the search for life
By Leonard David published
Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol seeks answers to two key questions: Are we alone in the universe? How did life on Earth begin in the first place?
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