UK boffins: extraterrestrial life will be discovered soon
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Aliens' TV preferences could spark interstellar invasion Top British boffins are convinced that evidence of alien life will soon be discovered outside the solar system.â¦
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UK physicists finish a crucial element of a device that will probe the forces that shape our Universe.
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A group of European-led astronomers has made a photograph of what appears to be a planet orbiting another star. If so, it would be the first confirmed picture of a world beyond our solar system.
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Researchers say a new programme could help create a DNA database of all life on Earth, ever.
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A team of astronomers announced last week the discovery of some of the smallest planets yet detected beyond our solar system. The two newly discovered planets represent a new class of extrasolar planets, and
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BOFFINS AND boffinettes at Imperial College London are developing a new optical disk that can store a terabyte of data. The Multiplexed Optical Data Storage (Mods)technology is expected to be released towards
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The hunt for alien life should be expanded to include organisms that lack DNA, a panel of scientists said today.
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European scientists have discovered what they describe as the smallest Earth-like planet orbiting a star outside of our Solar System.
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British researchers detect water in atmosphere of planet that circles star far beyond our solar system.
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ROBERT ZUBRIN: First for the science, second for the challenge, and third for the future. First, for science. Mars is the key to letting us know if life is a general phenomenon in the universe.
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New data showing overlap in patterns of water and methane in Mars' atmosphere may have implications for the idea that life exists there.
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Astronomers in Europe and the United States have found two new planets about 20 times the size of Earth beyond the solar system. The discovery might be a giant leap forward in
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Scientists behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars unveiled designs yesterday for a successor to the British spacecraft. Plans for the so-called Beagle 3 came to light as scientists outlined
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Scientists are chomping at the bit for tomorrow&#39;s Earthly return of a sample capsule from NASA&#39;s Genesis spacecraft, hoping the star stuff it carries will help answer questions on the origins of the solar system and we who live in it.
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An international team of scientists has found life on a Norwegian island.  No surprises there, but the successful field test of a collection of life-detection instruments may be a stepping stone for future endeavors to sniff out life on Mars.
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A UK-led sky survey known as SuperWasp discovers two new planets orbiting far-distant stars.
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European scientists have found a planet circling a distant star that could be home to life. The planet, the first detected so far that is enough like Earth for life to develop, orbits a star called mu Arae in the southern constellation Altar.