The mission will investigate the potential for life at the icy moon of Jupiter.
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The groundbreaking discovery of a temperate Earth-size planet just 40 light-years away may hold the key to understanding stellar habitability.
The Perseverance rover has arrived at what’s thought to be an ancient shoreline on Mars.
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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PhD Researcher of Astrophysics, Trinity College Dublin
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Bowdoin College
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Reader in Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh
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Professor of World Arts and Cultures/Dance, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Native Studies, University of Alberta
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Astrophysics, McGill 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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Postdoctoral Researcher, Astrophysics, Western University
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Professor of Planetary Science, University of Leicester
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Associate Professor in Planetary Astronomy, Meteorology, University of Reading
