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A new study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society has pinpointed the best planets for the search for extraterrestrial life. By focusing on specific characteristics of ...

As a quartet of astronauts make their way to the far side of the Moon, far-fetched notions of human colonies on the satellite or even Mars - a three-year return trip - are again getting an airing.

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NASA officials have previously spoken of the possibility of extraterrestrial life amid scientific uncertainty while ...

What would alien life from another planet be like? But we rarely ask the opposite: What would they think of us? Theoretical ...

A decade after audiences marveled at the Matt Damon-led survival story The Martian, a new film is bringing a novel from sci-fi author Andy Weir to the big screen. But we at Popular Mechanics wondered: ...

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In these science fiction books, extraterrestrial beings are sympathetic, horrifying and everything in between.