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It’s time to start taking the search for E.T. seriously, astronomers say
Astronomers are hoping to make looking for alien technology an official science goal of NASA.
By Lisa Grossman | 6:00am, January 28, 2019
Hayabusa2 and OSIRIS-REx
Feature | Astrobiology
Two daring spacecraft aim to bring asteroid dust back to Earth
By Lisa Grossman | 2:42pm, January 15, 2019
nebula
News in Brief | Astrobiology
The sugar that makes up DNA could be made in space
By Lisa Grossman | 8:00am, December 19, 2018
Mars crater
News in Brief | Astrobiology
NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will look for ancient life in a former river delta
By Lisa Grossman | 3:36pm, November 19, 2018
Arecibo radio telescope
Rethink | Astrobiology
We may not have found aliens yet because we’ve barely begun looking
By Lisa Grossman | 8:00am, September 30, 2018
Martian south pole
News | Astrobiology
What does Mars’ lake mean for the search for life on the Red Planet?
By Lisa Grossman | 1:56pm, July 27, 2018
Mars' southern polar ice sheets
News | Astrobiology
Mars (probably) has a lake of liquid water
By Lisa Grossman | 10:00am, July 25, 2018
Curiosity rover
News | Astrobiology
Curiosity finds that Mars’ methane changes with the seasons
By Lisa Grossman | 2:00pm, June 07, 2018
Europa
News | Astrobiology
Another hint of Europa’s watery plumes found in 20-year-old Galileo data
By Lisa Grossman | 11:00am, May 14, 2018
laser and exoplanet
News | Astrobiology
Lasers squeezed iron to mimic the conditions of exoplanet cores
By Lisa Grossman | 12:49pm, April 16, 2018
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