{"id":730,"date":"2013-11-06T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T12:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/?p=730"},"modified":"2018-02-02T08:41:42","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T08:41:42","slug":"astrobiology-the-hunt-for-alien-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/2013\/11\/astrobiology-the-hunt-for-alien-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Astrobiology &#8211; The Hunt for Alien Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1636\" src=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mars-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mars-300x282.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mars-768x721.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mars-1024x962.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/lewisdartnell.com\/en-gb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Mars.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Astrobiology is a brand new field of science, encompassing research into the origins and limits of life on our own planet, and where life might exist beyond the Earth. 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