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# astrobiology
# astrobiology
According to numerous pop sci outlets, the Wow! Signal is a comet in a strange orbit around the sun. But according to experts, this explanation just doesn't fit the relevant data…
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An immensely powerful flare from a tiny red dwarf is helping us understand just how important these stars can be to giving life across the universe to chance to develop.
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A star named V883 Ori is going through a growth spurt, and as it does, it’s showing us just how abundant the building blocks of life might be throughout the universe.
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New models trying to infer the geology of potentially habitable moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn hint at surprisingly cool, geologically inactive worlds, the opposite of what a diverse alien ecosystem would need.
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We think of water as the most essential ingredient for life, but as a recent discovery shows, it can also be toxic to living things in alien environments
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A pair of researchers propose that a simpler molecule used in photosynthesis by ancient bacteria may have been widespread on early Earth and could be prevalent on alien worlds.
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A new proposal posits that some of the fast radio bursts we've been routinely detecting may be coming from aliens, though not on purpose...
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The TRAPPIST-1 solar system is the most unique one we've seen so far and could offer amazing possibilities for life.
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The Chilean military has no idea what it tracked after two years of investigations and the footage it shared really is a head-scratcher.
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If there was a thriving alien civilization on one of the best candidates for life in our stellar neighborhood, we missed them by well over a billion years...