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There’s anxiety among space scientists following Nasa’s decision to rethink sample return mission from Mars.
Previous searches for extraterrestrial life have included only the radio band above 600 MHz, leaving lower frequencies virtually unexplored.
The results are intriguing, but analysing the atmospheres of exoplanets is no easy task.
Three Indigenous studies scholars draw from colonial histories and explain why listening for alien life can have ethical ramifications.
Space telescopes are limited in size due to the difficulties and cost of getting into orbit. By revamping an old optical technology, researchers are working on a lightweight and thin telescope design.
Astronomers are hot on the search for new exoplanets – planets that lie beyond our Solar System – which might show potential for sustaining life.
We’re going to get up close and personal with three of Jupiter’s largest moons like never before.
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Research Associate, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer, Astrophysics, University of Southern Queensland
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Bowdoin College
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Professor of Native Studies, University of Alberta
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Reader in Astrobiology, The University of Edinburgh
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