As more than a million people have indicated plans to partake in a citizen 'raid' on the famed Area 51 to 'see them aliens,' a scholar on the search for extraterrestrial life weighs in on the hype.
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NASA's InSight Mars lander touches down Nov. 26, part of a careful robotic approach to exploring the red planet. But human exploration of Mars will inevitably introduce Earth life. Are you OK with that?
Nearly 50 years since the first man walked on the moon, our morals are still stranded on Earth.
Following NASA's latest discovery of organic matter on the red planet, new findings in a salt lake in California could point to where to look for alien life.
Ten new remote cameras will soon be scouring the British night skies for meteorites.
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Professor of Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
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Australian Research Council Future Fellow, University of Western Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Earth System Science, University of Hull
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Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State University
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Research Associate, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Reader in Planetary Science, Imperial College London
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Researcher in Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Imperial College London
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Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of Aberdeen
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St Andrews
