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Learn More about Alien Life

Books
Hamilton, John. Curiosity Rover: Searching for Life on Mars. Minneapolis:
Abdo, 2018.
Since 2012, the Curiosity rover has been looking for signs of life on
Mars. Find out what the rover has discovered.
Kenney, Karen Latchana. Breakthroughs in the Search for Extraterrestrial
Life. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 2019.
Learn how scientists are using spacecraft and powerful telescopes
to look for life beyond Earth.
Simon, Seymour. Exoplanets. New York: HarperCollins, 2018.
This book describes the hunt for exoplanets, especially those that
might hold life.

Websites
Extremophile Facts for Kids
https://kids.kiddle.co/Extremophile
Learn more about extremophiles and the strange places they live on
Earth.
The New Arecibo Message
http://www.naic.edu/pkg/webutils/challenge/about-challenge.html
Kids from all over the world are competing to create a message to
send to extraterrestrial life. Find out more about the contest here.

What Is an Exoplanet?
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/all-about-exoplanets/en/
This website from NASA describes exoplanets and how scientists
look for them.

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