2023.02.28

Life as We Don't Know It

Scientists are abandoning conventional thinking to search for extraterrestrial creatures that bear little resemblance to Earthlings

Life on other planets might not look like any beings we're used to on Earth. It may even be unrecognizable at first to scientists searching for it. (Illustration by William Hand)

Life on other planets might not look like any beings we're used to on Earth. It may even be unrecognizable at first to scientists searching for it. (Illustration by William Hand)

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