How insects could help NASA build life on the Moon and Mars

As NASA plans for long-term human missions beyond Earth, one question keeps resurfacing: how do you sustain life in places ...

Here's what we know about the real alien planet inspiring 'Pluribus'

Pluribus imagines Kepler-22b as an ocean world that sends a gift to humanity through radio waves. In real life, no such ...

Engineering the first reusable launchpads on the moon

Engineers need good data to build lasting things. Even the designers of the Great Pyramids knew the limestone they used to ...
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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to ...

Saturn's moon could harbour ALIEN life: Scientists discover 'slushy tunnels' on Titan – and they might be habitable

The faraway moon has 'a slushy high-pressure ice layer' similar to the melting Arctic that could hide extraterrestrial life.

Saturn's biggest moon might not have an ocean after all

Careful reanalysis of data from more than a decade ago indicates that Saturn's biggest moon, Titan, does not have a vast ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS Anti-Tail Extends Half a Million Kilometres — Spanning Beyond The Moon

Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS has grown a colossal, sunward anti-tail larger than the distance to the moon. Is this an ...

Swallowing the Moon and other new indie games worth checking out

Plus, charming the ultra-rich in order to steal their stuff, eating drywall and a roguelike deckbuilder with pinball.
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Scientists sending spacecraft to search for aliens on Saturn’s moon

Scientists are to send a spacecraft to hunt for aliens potentially hiding in our solar system. The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a mission to Saturn's moon Enceladus, as it has all the ...