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Aug 7, 2014The inner edge of a star's habitable zone may be much closer to the star than previously thought.
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Aug 4, 2014A robot that can scale the faces of steep cliffs might one day help explore Mars and find signs of life.
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Jul 31, 2014A new experiment to study life’s potential on Mars has been successfully delivered to the International Space Station.
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Jul 28, 2014To learn more about hazy exoplanet atmospheres, scientists simulated a transit of Saturn's moon Titan across the face of our own sun.
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Jul 25, 2014Better Markers of Life on the Horizon.
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Jul 24, 2014Astrobiologists have outlined how geochemistry and metabolism are connected in the microbial ecosystem of the deep subsurface beneath Spain’s Rio Tinto region.
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Jul 21, 2014Because we live on the planet Earth, it's sometimes hard to gain some perspective about the visibility of life outside of our planet. An extraterrestrial spacecraft lurking in a satellite's orbit near Earth would be able to see city lights and pollution in our atmosphere.
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Jul 18, 2014Humanity has plans to expand into space: to the Moon, to Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and to the moons of Mars. Like any trip to anywhere, we need to know certain things before we go.
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Jul 17, 2014Humanity has plans to expand into space: to the Moon, to Near Earth Asteroids (NEAs), and to the moons of Mars. Like any trip to anywhere, we need to know certain things before we go.
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Jul 14, 2014NASA's new planet-cataloging mission is expected to detect more than 200 planets the size of Earths and super-Earths.