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extraterrestrial life stories: 34 news summaries

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 ET, Phone Rome: 
 Vatican Holds 
 Alien Conference 

Astrobiology experts ponder big picture

Nov 11, 09 2:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Does intelligent life exist elsewhere in the universe and if so, is it Christian? Those and other weighty questions are up for discussion this week at a Vatican conference on astrobiology. Religious leaders and a range of scientists—including some non-Catholics—have been called in to discuss the possibility of... More »

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astronomy • Catholic Church • Vatican • extraterrestrial life • aliens • Catholicism • outer space • theology

 Google's New 
 UFO Mystery Solved 

Somebody's obsessed with HG Wells

Sep 16, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google has apparently been abducted by aliens. The search engine sent Twitterers on an extraterrestrial mystery hunt this week after Tweeting map coordinates and posting "Google" written in crop circles as its ever-changing Internet logo. The coordinates led to the English town of Woking, which was the landing site... More »

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Google • UFO • extraterrestrial life • aliens • ET • Twitter • outer space • tweet • HG Wells • War of the Worlds

 China Scientists Report UFO 

Researchers analyzing 40 minutes of film during July solar eclipse

Sep 7, 09 5:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese scientists have reported filming a UFO for 40 minutes during the solar eclipse in July, reports the Telegraph. Researchers from the Purple Mountain Observatory in Nanjing said they will study the footage for a full year before they issue any conclusions. Scientists "discovered near the sun an unidentified... More »

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China • space • UFO • extraterrestrial life • solar eclipse • observatory • Purple Mountain Observatory

(Newser) - An Australian science magazine is soliciting text messages to send to a mysterious planet more than 20 light-years away, Space.com reports. Called "Hello from Earth," the project aims to transmit 160-character missives to Gliese 581d, a so-called "Super Earth" discovered 2 years ago. "Will... More »

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planet • extraterrestrial life • exoplanet • outer space

Interview

Aliens May Be Watching
Our Soaps: Expert 



Life 'definitely' out there, expert says, but very hard to find

Jun 13, 09 6:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Aliens are out there, and they may be watching Survivor, says a premier scientist searching for extraterrestrial life. “We are definitely not alone,” SETI project founder Frank Drake tells Der Spiegel. He worries about TV radio transmitters shooting human entertainment into space, greeting... More »

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entertainment • television • extraterrestrial life • aliens • SETI

(Newser) - UFO watchers are speculating online that a NASA image of a Martian landscape may show an alien skull, reports the Telegraph. "There appears to be a narrow pointed small mouth, so this creature most likely is a carnivore," noted one. An image that looked surprisingly like a skull... More »

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NASA • Mars • extraterrestrial life • aliens • Martian • outer space

 CIA Unlocks Real 'X-Files' 

Military personnel laugh off UFO rumors

Apr 10, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - For decades, the government barely acknowledged the existence of Area 51, the mysterious military base in Nevada where it allegedly stores frozen extraterrestrials and alien spacecraft. But now, with the CIA declassifying the site’s top-secret programs, insiders are coming forward to dispel the myths, ABC News reports. If anything,... More »

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CIA • UFO • extraterrestrial life • Nevada • Area 51

Brit Dog Walker Reported Close Encounter of
the Alien Kind

1989 tale in recently released in UFO files

Mar 22, 09 7:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Another tale from the UK's recently released military files on UFOs comes from a dog-walker, who reports encountering an extraterrestrial who spoke in a Scandinavian accent. It was classified as a "genuine call" by a Royal Air Force phone operator, reports the Telegraph. The alien, appearing in human form... More »

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United Kingdom • England • UFO • extraterrestrial life • Royal Air Force • outer space • RAF

 Alien Life 
 'Inevitable': 
 Astronomer 

Countless Earth-like planets likely in universe

Feb 15, 09 12:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Scientists now believe there could be as many habitable planets in the cosmos as there are stars, and that makes life’s existence elsewhere “inevitable” over billions of years, says one. “It is sort of like running an experiment in your refrigerator—turn it off and something will... More »

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NASA • planet • Earth • extraterrestrial life • aliens • universe • Kepler spacecraft

ANALYSIS

 ET Seekers Win Big Boost 

Fringe movement attracts big donors and wide interest as its goes mainstream

Feb 13, 09 5:58 PM CST
(Newser) - The truth is out there, and now there’s funding to find it: Everyone from Bill Gates to Cameron Diaz is embracing the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), a movement transitioning from X-Files territory to the mainstream, the Wall Street Journal says. One astronomer left last week's prestigious TED conference... More »

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astronomy • space exploration • space • extraterrestrial life • SETI • The X-Files

 Methane Hints at Life on Mars 

Gas released in high concentrations could be from bacteria

Jan 15, 09 4:38 PM CST
(Newser) - The discovery of high methane concentrations on Mars may hint that underground life exists on the red planet, the Houston Chronicle reports. Scientists funded by NASA and other institutions, using Earth-based telescopes, have found plumes of methane in such high concentrations they believe bacteria, which can also produce the gas... More »

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NASA • Mars • space • bacteria • methane • extraterrestrial life • red planet

 Saturn's Moon  
 Hints at Water 

High speeds strongly hint at liquid water's presence

Nov 26, 08 4:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Plumes of gas and dust firing off one of Saturn's moons are moving at speeds “hard to do without liquids,” astronomers say, strongly suggesting the presence of water and raising the possibility of the moon supporting life. As Enceladus continues “helpfully spewing out its innards,” evidence... More »

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NASA • space exploration • water • extraterrestrial life • Saturn • moons • Enceladus

 UFO Video Raises  
 a Fuss in Turkey  

Objects spotted near Istanbul during 4-month stretch 'serious challenge to science'

Oct 21, 08 4:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Video taken of strange objects in the night sky over Turkey has been deemed authentic—well, at least by UFO researchers. A night watchman shot the video over multiple nights earlier this year, and it shows hovering craft and strange constellations of lights, the Sun reports. A self-described expert who... More »

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Turkey • video • extraterrestrial life • UFO sightings • spacecraft • outer space

Trick Telescopy Aids in Search for Alien Life

Precision mirrors could show stargazers
planets far, far away

Oct 13, 08 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Telescope technology currently in the works will use light measurements to search for planets beyond our solar system whose orbit around a star means they could support life, Wired reports. The system, called nulling interferometry, uses tiny mirrors that move at atomic levels to combine the power of several telescopes,... More »

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planet • space • telescope • extraterrestrial life

Mars Toxin
Dims Hopes for Red Planet Life

Rocket fuel chemical found is soil, but could be from Earth

Aug 5, 08 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Phoenix lander has found a toxin in Mars soil that considerably decreases the odds of finding Martian life, Science.com reports. The chemical, perchlorate, is a harsh oxidizing agent often used in solid rocket fuel, so researchers are double checking to ensure it wasn’t carried from Earth. The... More »

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Mars • extraterrestrial life • Phoenix Mars Lander • red planet

NASA Briefs White House
on Possible Martian Life

Red planet could support greenery, reports show

Aug 2, 08 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - NASA has briefed the White House on its plan to announce a new finding on the "potential for life" on Mars, Aviation Week reports. NASA has no evidence that the red planet has harbored life, but new Phoenix lander discoveries suggest it is possible—a finding that Phoenix... More »

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NASA • Mars • extraterrestrial life • Phoenix Mars Lander • TEGA

 Discoveries
 Boost Hope
 for Alien Life 

New forms of extreme bacteria fuel hope for extraterrestrial life

Jul 20, 08 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Humans have always wondered about the possibility of alien life somewhere out there. And while scientists seem to agree that the discovery of extraterrestrials will not happen soon, growing numbers are convinced it will happen. The search is being fueled in part by recent discoveries of strange new life forms... More »

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NASA • space • bacteria • extraterrestrial life • aliens • astrophysics • extrasolar planets • Mars rover

 'You Might Be Able to 
 Grow Asparagus' on Mars 

'Flabbergasted' scientists see soil able to support life on red planet

Jun 26, 08 4:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Samples of Martian soil analyzed by instruments onboard the Phoenix lander have earth-bound scientists “flabbergasted.” Why? Readings indicate that the extraterrestrial loam could, perhaps has, and possibly will, support life, Reuters reports. Along with ice the lander discovered earlier, “We basically have found what appears to be... More »

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NASA • Mars • extraterrestrial life • Phoenix Mars Lander • ice • soil sample • alkaline • acidity

OPINION

 New Planets Yield 
 Hopes of Life 
 Beyond  

Rocky, Earth-like orbs appear to be out there; might we indeed have company?

Jun 24, 08 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - The discovery, announced last week, that rocky, Earth-sized planets appear to be circling sun-sized stars in our own galaxy should thrill the closet Star Trek geek in all of us, Natalie Angier writes in the New York Times. "If planets abound, scientists suspect that life abounds, too, at... More »

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astronomy • space exploration • planet • deep space • extraterrestrial life • Milky Way • galaxy • Kepler spacecraft

 New Telescope Joins Alien Hunt 

Low-frequency array checks for nearby ETs

Jun 11, 08 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - If ET is within a hop, skip, and a solar system, a shiny new European telescope might just turn him up, Space.com reports. Made up of up to 25,000 antennae scattered throughout Europe, the LOFAR, or Low Frequency Array, will be able to scan light signals overlooked by... More »

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telescope • deep space • extraterrestrial life • aliens

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