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It's one of the biggest questions in all humanity: are we alone in the Universe? Either way, the answer is…
The brand new ESA Columbus Module installed on the International Space Station (ISS) by the STS-122 crew last week is…
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According to new Cassini data, Saturns largest moon, Titan, has "hundreds" times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the liquid fossil…
Have you heard the news? A television station in Oakland California was reporting that researchers working with SETI@home discovered a…
We've heard about life being created in a puddle of primordial chemical soup, sparked by lightning strikes, or organic molecules…
Organic molecules are thought by scientists to be instrumental in kickstarting life as we know it on Earth. Within our…
It seems impossible to believe, but astronomers are now making plans to reach for the brass ring of planet hunting:…