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looking for exotic aliens in our solar system
# space

looking for exotic aliens in our solar system

Titan is a target for alien hunters looking for exotic life in our own solar system. But kind of organisms could even survive its bizarre environment?

it’s a comet! it’s a meteor! no, it’s a piece of rna!
# space

it’s a comet! it’s a meteor! no, it’s a piece of rna!

Far from destroying organic molecules, the conditions in deep space seems to foster their creation while protecting them from cosmic rays.

how not to approach astrobiology
# astrobiology

how not to approach astrobiology

Panspermia is a hypothesis of how life might have hitchhiked to Earth. It's not meant to explain how life actually began.

for ufologists, hope springs eternal
# oddities

for ufologists, hope springs eternal

Ufologists are promising a grand unveiling of our extraterrestrial neighbors to the world. Problem is that none of the details they offer make any sense...

how to find an alien forest
# astrobiology

how to find an alien forest

Light from alien worlds could have a telltale signal of a forest, hinting at an entire extraterrestrial ecosystem.

why life has a bias to the left
# science

why life has a bias to the left

Molecules that make life possible often have a leftward skew in their structure. Now we think we know why and how that happened.

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