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Super Earth planets could host alien life.

A Second Super Earth Spotted 111 Light-Years Away

By Chelsea Gohd

Boeing Believes It Can Beat SpaceX to Mars

Boeing Believes It Can Beat SpaceX to Mars

By Aylin Woodward

This Discovery Could Change the Way We Search for Alien Life

This Discovery Could Change the Way We Search for Alien Life

By Chelsea Gohd

Elon Musk Loves the Idea of His Tesla Roadster Being the Falcon Heavy’s First Mars Payload

Elon Musk Loves the Idea of His Tesla Roadster Being the Falcon Heavy’s First Mars Payload

By Chelsea Gohd

Alien life could be on this grey moon of Saturn.

A Russian Billionaire, Not NASA, May Uncover Alien Life

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The First-Ever Interstellar Asteroid Is the Start of a New Era in Astronomy

Elon Musk: SpaceX’s “BFR” Rocket Will Do More Than Take Us to Mars

Elon Musk: SpaceX’s “BFR” Rocket Will Do More Than Take Us to Mars

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The U.S. Officially Says They Are Sending Humans to the Moon

Elon Musk Teased the Idea of Getting an Internet Connection on Mars

Elon Musk Teased the Idea of Getting an Internet Connection on Mars

By Chelsea Gohd

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We May Finally Understand How Alien Life Could Survive on Saturn’s Moon

By Patrick Caughill

Discovering Boron on Mars Means It Could Have Once Supported Life

Discovering Boron on Mars Means It Could Have Once Supported Life

NASA’s Newest Mars Rover Will Focus on Finding Evidence of Ancient Martian Life

NASA’s Newest Mars Rover Will Focus on Finding Evidence of Ancient Martian Life

By Patrick Caughill

Life on Saturn's Moon

NASA Plans to Send a Robot to Hunt for Life on Saturn’s Moon

By Chelsea Gohd

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The UAE Released a VR Tour of the First City on Mars

By Claudia Geib

One Scientist Has a Plan to Send the Building Blocks of Life to Distant Exoplanets

Artist's depiction of a Moon colony.

New Discovery Raises Hope for Human Colonization of the Moon

A rocket heads to Mars.

All the Reasons Why Humans Shouldn’t Colonize Mars, According to Experts

Mark Watney sits on Mars in The Martian.

Author Of “The Martian” Says Colonizing Mars Is a Bad Idea

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The Engine That Could Take Humans to Mars Broke Records in a Recent Test

Oxford Biologists Outline What Alien Life Looks Like

Oxford Biologists Outline What Alien Life Looks Like

By Claudia Geib

We Are Officially Sending a Habitat to Orbit the Moon

We Are Officially Sending a Habitat to Orbit the Moon

Soon, We May Have a Host of Habitable Alien Worlds

Soon, We May Have a Host of Habitable Alien Worlds

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Scientists Want Us to Live in Lava Tubes on the Moon

NASA’s New Ion Thruster Breaks Records, Could Take Humans to Mars

NASA’s New Ion Thruster Breaks Records, Could Take Humans to Mars

Elon Musk Has a Plan to Get Humans to Mars, But Can They Survive?

Elon Musk Has a Plan to Get Humans to Mars, But Can They Survive?

It Turns Out That Our Moon Once Had an Atmosphere

It Turns Out That Our Moon Once Had an Atmosphere

Scientists Just Found Water on Mars Where They Thought None Could Exist

Scientists Just Found Water on Mars Where They Thought None Could Exist

A Massive Solar Storm Just Hit Mars, Causing a Global Aurora and Doubling Radiation Levels

A Massive Solar Storm Just Hit Mars, Causing a Global Aurora and Doubling Radiation Levels

By Claudia Geib

Elon Musk is Officially Sending Humans to Mars in 2024

Elon Musk is Officially Sending Humans to Mars in 2024

To Find Aliens, We Must Think of Life as We Don’t Know It

To Find Aliens, We Must Think of Life as We Don’t Know It

Live: Everything Elon Musk Just Unveiled About His Plans to Colonize Mars

Live: Everything Elon Musk Just Unveiled About His Plans to Colonize Mars

By Kristin Houser

Live: Watch as Lockheed Martin Reveals Their Highly Anticipated Mars Lander

Live: Watch as Lockheed Martin Reveals Their Highly Anticipated Mars Lander

By Kristin Houser

The UAE Is Building a “Mars Science City” to Prepare Humanity for Off-World Colonization

The UAE Is Building a “Mars Science City” to Prepare Humanity for Off-World Colonization

By Patrick Caughill

NASA’s New “Gravity Map” Corrects Fundamental Assumption About Mars

NASA’s New “Gravity Map” Corrects Fundamental Assumption About Mars

By Patrick Caughill

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Chinese Official Says the Nation’s Plans to Explore Mars Are “Going Smoothly”

Stephen Hawking Has Flawed Ideas About Alien Life, According to Former SETI Scientist

Stephen Hawking Has Flawed Ideas About Alien Life, According to Former SETI Scientist

By Christianna Reedy

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NASA May Shift Its Focus From Mars to the Moon

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Elon Musk is Giving an Update on SpaceX’s Mars Plans Next Week

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As Mars Mission Approaches, NASA Works to Assess Risks from Space Radiation

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The ExoLife Finder Telescope Could Revolutionize the Search for Life on Exoplanets

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Data From NASA’s Fifth HI-SEAS Isolation Mission Will Influence Who Goes to Mars

After “Living on Mars” for Eight Months, Mission V Subjects Are Coming Home

After “Living on Mars” for Eight Months, Mission V Subjects Are Coming Home

By Chelsea Gohd

Despite Opposition, METI Will Still Reach Out to Alien Life in 2018

Despite Opposition, METI Will Still Reach Out to Alien Life in 2018

Scientists Discover 3 New “Super-Earth” Exoplanets

Scientists Discover 3 New “Super-Earth” Exoplanets

Why Asteroid Mining is Integral to Our Plans for Colonizing Mars

Why Asteroid Mining is Integral to Our Plans for Colonizing Mars

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars”

NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars”

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Oxygen Found on the Moon Could Provide Answers About Ancient Earth

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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander to Investigate Inside the Red Planet

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Chris Hadfield: We Should Settle on the Moon Before Mars

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There’s a New Possible Explanation for the Weird Light Behavior of the ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star

SpaceX Has Officially “Put Red Dragon on the Back Burner,” Delaying Mars Expedition

SpaceX Has Officially “Put Red Dragon on the Back Burner,” Delaying Mars Expedition

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New Research Shows Mars Experiences Violent Snowstorms

Meet the Woman Who Did the Calculations for the First Moon Landing

Meet the Woman Who Did the Calculations for the First Moon Landing

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The Best Way to Make First Contact, According to Science

A New Theory Suggests We May be the Only Technologically Advanced Civilization Still Around

A New Theory Suggests We May be the Only Technologically Advanced Civilization Still Around

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

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A 40-Year Old Voyager Spacecraft Can Guide Aliens to Earth

Buzz Aldrin: We Will Have Humans on Mars in the Next 20 Years

Buzz Aldrin: We Will Have Humans on Mars in the Next 20 Years

By Chelsea Gohd

The UAE Will Launch Its First Mission to Mars in 2021

The UAE Will Launch Its First Mission to Mars in 2021

By Chelsea Gohd

We May Have Just Found the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

We May Have Just Found the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

Reddit Users Ask SETI Founder and Space Legend Anything

Reddit Users Ask SETI Founder and Space Legend Anything

A Galactic Internet Could Contact Other Planets in 300,000 Years

A Galactic Internet Could Contact Other Planets in 300,000 Years

Scientists Have Discovered That There is Water Under the Moon’s Surface

Scientists Have Discovered That There is Water Under the Moon’s Surface

By Christianna Reedy