Why haven’t we found intelligent alien civilizations? There may be a ‘universal limit to technological development’
Why haven’t we found signs of advanced alien life? Scientists ponder the heavy question.
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How mass extinctions can help scientists find complex alien life
Read more: How mass extinctions can help scientists find complex alien lifeThe history of life on Earth offers clues to aid the search for complex life elsewhere in the cosmos.
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Some of Uranus’ moons might be able to support life. Here’s what a mission might reveal
Read more: Some of Uranus’ moons might be able to support life. Here’s what a mission might revealSome of Uranus’ moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the habitability of these worlds. …
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‘We are close:’ SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol on the search for life
Read more: ‘We are close:’ SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol on the search for life“The missions are telling us that the stuff we’re made of is not an accident. It’s almost common out there.”
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Life on alien planets probably wouldn’t experience day and night – here’s how that may change evolution
Read more: Life on alien planets probably wouldn’t experience day and night – here’s how that may change evolutionOrganisms on Earth living deep underground or at the bottom of the sea may give us an idea what alien life without a circadian rhythm could be like. …
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How AI is helping us search the universe for alien technosignatures
Read more: How AI is helping us search the universe for alien technosignatures“It’s now a part of mainstream astrophysics.”
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Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiraling out of control – here’s why that’s so dangerous
Read more: Belief in alien visits to Earth is spiraling out of control – here’s why that’s so dangerousBelief in alien visitors is no longer a quirk, but a widespread societal problem. This belief is slightly paradoxical as we have zero evidence that aliens even exist. …
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SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxies using unexplored radio frequencies
Read more: SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxies using unexplored radio frequenciesNew findings could elevate SETI into an extragalactic search for life beyond Earth.
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Are we alone? Intelligent aliens may be rare, new study suggests
Read more: Are we alone? Intelligent aliens may be rare, new study suggestsA new interpretation of the famous Drake equation finds little reason to be optimistic about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. …
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Planets of Milky Way’s most common stars are less habitable than thought, dead NASA telescope reveals
Read more: Planets of Milky Way’s most common stars are less habitable than thought, dead NASA telescope revealsPlanets orbiting red dwarf stars may have a harder time hanging on to the conditions needed for life to arise and survive than previously thought, data from NASA’s dead space telescope GALEX reveals. …
