extraterrestrial life

New research suggests identifying extraterrestrial life through patterns among groups of planets, rather than just gases or biological signatures on a single planet. Illustration: Avi Blizovsky via DALEE

A new way to search for extraterrestrial life: Not a single biological signature, but patterns between planets

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New research suggests detecting extraterrestrial life using unusual similarities between groups of nearby planets, rather than relying solely on atmospheric gases or traditional biological signatures
The Europa Clipper spacecraft is using Mars' gravity to accelerate its way to Jupiter's mysterious moon. Credit: NASA

Europa Clipper uses Mars' gravity to accelerate its way to Jupiter's mysterious moon

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NASA's Europa Clipper probe has performed a gravity maneuver around Mars on its way to Jupiter's moon Europa, to investigate whether it might be home to extraterrestrial life.
Hidden planet discovered: new hope for finding extraterrestrial life?

Hidden planet discovered: new hope for finding extraterrestrial life?

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HD 20794 d, a planet just 20 light-years away, is in the habitable zone of its star system. Could it support life?
Credit: Breakthrough Listen / Danielle Futselaar

SETI searches for technology signatures: The hunt for extraterrestrial signals at the heart of the Milky Way begins

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Akshay Suresh, a graduate student at Cornell University, is leading an unusual scientific activity - a groundbreaking mission called BLIPSS to detect periodic signals emanating from the center of the Milky Way
Mount Sharp in Gale Crater on Mars, which has been explored by NASA's Curiosity rover since 2012. Source: NASA.

Could there be life on the surface of the planet Mars?

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Water vapor and mineral particles drift into space from the surface of the moon Enceladus, one of the icy moons orbiting Saturn. Metamorphoses hint at the existence of an ocean beneath the ice and the fascinating possibility that it contains life. Artist rendering: NASA / David Seal.

Is there life on one of Saturn's icy moons?

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Simulation of extrasolar planets. Source: NASA

Planets for the most part - there is no life

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