The mission is still in the early stages of its conception, with contracts given recently to firms.

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An immense water world, right in our cosmic backyard, could be teeming with alien life. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has found a pair of gases in a distant alien world's ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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A new definition for the astronomical term 'planet' would apply to all alien worlds we've discovered so far, but would still leave Pluto off the list. A new and improved definition for the term ...

Scientists have updated global guidelines for announcing possible evidence of intelligent alien life, aiming to prevent misinformation, panic and confusion in the age of social media and AI.