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Science Sep 29

What mud cracks on Mars tell us about whether life could have formed on the planet

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

Science Sep 22

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WATCH: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission returns an asteroid soil sample to Earth

Experts say the rocks and dust the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft plucked from an asteroid named Bennu will fuel scientific research for generations.

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

Science Jun 24

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2 years in, Perseverance has given us these clues about Mars

The sights and sounds collected by Perseverance so far can help us understand what the rover will pursue next, and why that’s important to its search for ancient life.

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

Science May 05

What a massive solar flare on a nearby star could mean for alien life

Astronomers just measured the largest flare ever from Proxima Centauri, humanity's closest neighboring star. These flares could be bad news for life trying to develop on a planet orbiting the star.

By R. O. Parke Loyd, The Conversation

Science Aug 15

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These tiny worms can survive forces 400,000 times stronger than Earth’s gravity

New findings give some weight to the idea that life was blasted here from another planet.

By Katherine Kornei, Scientific American

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