UPDATE 7TH MARCH: Good news! In Other Waters has sailed over its £22,000 goal with a day to spare. The current total is £24K and counting. "I am literally speechless," wrote game creator Gareth Damian ...

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A NASA astronaut has revealed the one book he thinks most accurately describes aliens. Astronaut Stan Love has exclusively discussed aliens with The U.S. Sun and explained why he thinks we haven’t ...

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The European Space Agency has launched a spacecraft to search for signs that Jupiter’s moons could support life in the oceans beneath their frozen surfaces. If they can, what would organisms look like ...