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Hardy bacteria in a lab survived pressures comparable to an asteroid strike on the red planet, suggesting a hypothetical scenario in which our planet was seeded with life.

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While aliens in science fiction hop between planets on vast spaceships, scientists say real-life extraterrestrials might take ...

Debates over extraterrestrial life and unidentified flying objects have taken on a new political dimension in the United States.

Aliens exist – they just haven't visited Earth, a NASA veteran has claimed. Dr Gentry Lee has worked at the US space agency since 1968, when he first got involved with the Viking mission to Mars. He ...

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