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Felicia Wolf Simon and one of her colleagues near Mono Lake in California

NASA: We didn't discover aliens, but we did discover bacteria that replaced phosphorus with arsenic

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Diacetylene cation, a particle consisting of two hydrogen atoms and four carbon atoms was discovered in transparent interstellar clouds. Illustration: K.R. O'Dell, Vanderbilt University, NASA, PAS and IPC

An incredibly complex froda has been found in outer space

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Super Earth Gleise 581c - another planet in the system where an Earth-like planet was discovered in the habitable zone

The planet most similar to Earth was discovered 20 light years away

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Carboniferous rocks in the Nili region of Mars, which apparently contain evidence of life in the early period of Mars

Carboniferous rocks discovered on Mars may contain evidence of life there 4 billion years ago

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The monitoring camera of the Venus Express spacecraft in the ultraviolet range (0.365 micrometers) from a distance of about 30 thousand kilometers. Photo: European Space Agency

Did life exist on Venus in the past?

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An organic molecule is complex in space. Illustration: UCLA

Super complex organic molecules are found in the interstellar medium

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Artist's impression of a lake on the Saturnian moon Titan. Image: NASA

Primitive Aliens on Saturn's Moon Titan: Can I Have a Cup of Methane?

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Does the atmosphere of Venus allow the existence of life? (Photo: NASA)

Astrobiology: Could there be life in space?

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The orbit of Themis in the asteroid belt, Themis is one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt. Illustration: Josh Emery, University of Tennessee in Knoxville

Researchers have found water and organic matter on the asteroid Themis

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Stephen Hawking at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, December 2006. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Hawking: Aliens may exist

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Saturn's moon Enceladus. Photo: Cassini spacecraft

The "elements of life" exist on Saturn's moon, Enceladus

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The sun has no lithium because it has planets

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Moths are also being fought in space: naphthalene components have been discovered in the clouds of outer space

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The building blocks of life were discovered in space - now it is final

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Reducing the possibility of life on planets outside the solar system

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A new Drake equation? Other life forms in the universe will be less intelligent than us

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Panspermia: flower power

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Within ten years life will be found outside the Earth, most likely on Mars

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Two complex organic particles have been discovered in space

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What will life look like around a cold sun?

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Looking for extraterrestrials in infrared

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The Kepler space telescope was launched to search for planets similar to Earth

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Towards the launch of the Kepler space telescope: the Milky Way may contain billions of Earths

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Atmospheres of super earth globes

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Planets can form around binary stars

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