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A rare visitor from another star system prompted SETI to hunt for alien technology, but the mysterious object appears to be a ...
A study suggests that stellar plasma may distort alien signals, complicating SETI's search for extraterrestrial life by ...
Scientists are raising concerns that we may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life even when it is present. Hidden ...
A new exoplanet model screens rocky worlds by their ability to retain atmospheres over geologic timescales, helping narrow ...
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Isa mystery beast that frightened Maine residents and preyed on pets a dog-wolf hybrid or something alien? A lab in Toronto is doing DNA tests to try to find out. For 15 years, residents in ...
Is the rest of the cosmos a pristine environment awaiting the arrival of humanity’s “post-human” descendants? Or is advanced ...
In 2016, during the first Trump campaign, I wrote an article asking whether American democracy could survive the reduction of politics to entertainment. At the time, the question seemed exaggerated to ...