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Somewhere out there, a planet roughly the size of Earth may be orbiting a distant star in conditions that could support life.

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A nutrition scientist applies metabolism, biology and food science to one of science fiction's oldest questions.

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The mission is still in the early stages of its conception, with contracts given recently to firms.

US firm Vast is developing spinning space stations with artificial gravity to keep astronauts healthy on deep-space missions and push the search for alien life.

NASA has unveiled its ambitious plan to build the first permanent human base on the Moon’s South Pole. The project will ...

Scientists propose a simple but powerful new method for detecting traces of alien biology, whether on Jupiter's icy moons, in ...

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Vanity Fair reports from the Capitol Hill conference, where members of a sprawling community of national security experts and ...

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