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Bad News for Life on Exoplanets
It is known that red dwarf stars account for about 75% of all the stars in the Milky Way, and astronomers generally agree that red dwarfs are likely to occur in similar numbers in most […]
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Is There Life in Europa’s Subsurface Ocean?
The image above shows the interior structure of Europa, a major moon of the planet Jupiter, but the smallest of its four Galilean moons. The band of blue in the picture depicts a 100 km-thick […]
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Tabby’s Star and the Alien Megastructure Theory Debunked
There’s a star located 1,280 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus that has been confusing astronomers ever since it was discovered in 2015 during the Kepler mission. The star, officially called KIC 8462852, is 50% […]
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What are the Official Protocols Concerning an Alien Civilization Discovery?
Are there specific procedures set up in case a discovery is made proving beyond doubt the existence of an advanced alien civilization? The question is one of the most intriguing and exciting in the whole […]
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METI to Send Signal to Proxima b
By now you’ve probably heard of SETI, or the ‘Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence’, which is a research organization that tunes and monitors receivers to look for any alien radio signals or transmissions. Instead of waiting […]
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7 Planet System Found 40 Light Years Away in Aquarius
In what is being hailed as one of the most remarkable discoveries in the search for habitable planets outside of our own solar system, a star has been found that has seven Earth-sized planets orbiting […]
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CIA Declassified Files Include UFO Sightings
The CIA has finally caved in to demands made by freedom of information campaigners, including a lawsuit brought against it by MuckRock, and released around 930,000 declassified files. These include those related to UFO sightings […]
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No Alien Contact Before 3517 Says Cornell Study
Anyone hoping that an alien civilization will make contact with Earth may have to wait a lifetime, or more precisely several lifetimes, according to astronomers at Cornell University. In fact, it could be around 1,500 […]
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Could Dead Astronauts Create New Life on Distant Planets?
We’ve all seen sci-fi movies and read books where it’s revealed that visitors from another world were responsible for sparking life on Earth. But, would they theoretically have been able to spread life to our […]
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Stephen Hawking Endorses Massive Hunt for Alien Life
In 2010, Stephen Hawking caused a stir by asserting that while he believes alien life exists in the universe, any advanced alien civilization that we might encounter would likely not be interested in making peace […]