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Is This Proof of Life on Mars?

April 12, 2012

Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter The Curiosity rover is currently on its way to Mars, scheduled to make a dramatic landing within Gale Crater in mid-August and begin its hunt for the geologic signatures of a watery, life-friendly past. Solid evidence that large volumes of water [...]

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“Astrobiology” Parody Video of Ke$ha’s “We R Who We R”

January 3, 2011

Wanna get turned on by … “Astrobiology” ?? Are we alone in the universe? Well check out just this newly-released music video parody of Ke$ha’s hit song “We R Who We R” – “Astrobiology.” Suspend your disbelief. It’s different. It’s cool. And it’s very clever. And .. It’s even better the second time around when [...]

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UN May Appoint Ambassador to Visiting Aliens

September 27, 2010

UPDATE: OK, this seemed like a cool story, reported by many news sources, but apparently, it isn’t true. The Discovery Discoblog has the details. . I guess there was a truth abduction. If aliens ever visit Earth and actually do use the time-worn phrase, “Take me to your leader,” or if a SETI search ever [...]

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Fermi Paradox

September 10, 2009

We live in a big Universe, billions of light years across. There are hundreds of billions of galaxies, and each one contains hundreds of billions of stars. Life happened here on Earth, and with countless other stars out there, you would think life would have arisen somewhere else. And yet, we have no evidence there’s [...]

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What did Isaac Newton Discover?

September 5, 2009

Isaac Newton is arguably one of the most influential scientists in history. Though he lived in the late 1600s, many of his discoveries still affect us in the present. His various theories still hold true even centuries after his death and countless experiments. The scientists able to improve upon his work became famous themselves. Some [...]

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