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Jupiter's moon Europa has an ice shell about 18 miles thick — and that could be bad news for alien life

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

4 Black Eggs Surfaced From the Dark Heart of the Ocean—With Alien Creatures Inside

These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology.

Mars was once BLUE as scientists find signs of red planet’s ‘deepest and largest sea’ the size of Arctic Ocean & rivers

MARS was not always the beaming red we’re so used to seeing in space. Scientists have revealed that it was actually a “blue ...
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Goodbye Goldilocks: Scientists may have to look beyond habitable zones to find alien life

Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.
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How astronomers plan to detect the signatures of alien life in the atmospheres of distant planets

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.

Buried oceans of magma may be protecting alien planets from destruction

A layer of molten rock deep inside some rocky planets may be doing more than shaping their interiors. New research points to ...
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Jupiter’s Moon Europa Is a Top Candidate for Hosting Alien Life. But It May Lack the Geologic Activity Needed to Birth Microbes

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...
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Not water, but ice — NASA finds a strange “slushy” ocean on Saturn’s largest moon and brings alien theories back to life

Scientists have recently discovered that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, might have an icy, slushy interior, instead of liquid as was previously concluded.

Exoplanet In Habitable Zone

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Alien-like sea creature stuns surfers, washes ashore in San Diego

“A rare Mola mola (ocean sunfish) washed up on our shore at Cardiff State Beach today,” San Diego State Lifeguards stated Wednesday via Instagram. “It’s the heaviest bony fish on earth and can weigh ...
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Massive Super Earths Could Have Powerful Magnetic Shields Thanks to Their Magma (and That’s Good for Life)

This shifts our entire perspective on what makes a planet “Earth-like.” Nature is far more creative than our own solar system suggests. The universe might be teeming with “magma-shielded” worlds that ...