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![mars dust storm](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LjaNQq7CJNefvDP3Q8zuzP-320-80.jpg)
7 solar system worlds where the weather is crazy
By Jonathan O'Callaghan, Daisy Dobrijevic, How It Works magazine published
What's the weather like on other worlds? Expect methane rain, global haboobs and a 10,000-mile-wide hurricane.
![An artist's illustration of the evolution of the interstellar object 'Oumuamua, whose weird, elongated shape may have come from tidal forces.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DG2G45wu656Vn2tmtMwgpB-320-80.jpg)
Here's what we learned about aliens in 2020
By Brandon Specktor published
From the best places to find them to what they might breathe, here are the newest clues we discovered about alien life.
![CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope, also called The Dish, located in Australia.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EHYkoDKx8gKxK2ViWHZhyj-320-80.jpg)
Extraterrestrial evidence: 10 incredible findings about aliens from 2020
By Adam Mann published
Are we alone in the universe? Many discoveries about aliens in 2020 seemed to increase the prospect of extraterrestrial entities existing.
![There seems to be a network of underground bodies of liquid water at Mars’ south pole.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VMML9GYzcDcdAyLyJQS68C-320-80.jpg)
Mars: Mounting evidence for subglacial lakes, but could they really host life?
By David Rothery published
The best place for life on Mars might be more than a kilometre below its surface!
![A NASA illustration shows the Pioneer 13 probes descending toward the clouds of Venus.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CBuXDRWVw3W9rbnkU8Zd8G-320-80.jpg)
Did NASA detect a hint of life on Venus in 1978 and not realize it?
By Rafi Letzter published
What if scientists had started hunting for life on Venus in 1978?
![simulation of the surface of Venus, with the Northern Hemisphere displayed](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eBBKbDpGhpP7BACvR7wkz3-320-80.jpg)
'Grand claims' of life on Venus lack evidence, skeptics say
By Adam Mann published
A roundup of the various pushback and criticisms to the claim that there could be life on Venus
![NASA's Curiosity Mars rover sits in the Marias Pass area of lower Mount Sharp.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/q6sKXjMQFTXAVQWNgSRSPH-320-80.jpg)
The four most promising worlds for alien life in the solar system
By Gareth Dorrian published
Venus just became a serious contender. But what are the other most promising locations for extra-terrestrial life?
![An artist's concept showing a super-Venus on the left and Earth on the right.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sJY5e4Y5cA5zJcrUhHoBz6-320-80.jpg)
Venus, once billed as Earth's twin, is a hothouse (and a tantalizing target in the search for life)
By Nola Taylor Redd published
As Earth's twin, Venus offers much in the search for life and habitable worlds.
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