Evolving intelligent life took billions of years − but it may not have been as unlikely as many scientists predicted
We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...
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Majority of scientists 'believe alien life exists' somewhere in the universe
Scientists have conducted a study to see the consensus of agreement amongst other scientists and astrobiologists and a ...
Aliens Could Be All Around Us—But We’re Totally Unprepared for ‘First Contact’
NASA has worked on its own first contact protocols, conducting a 2024 workshop event about how best to communicate the ...
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Why Alien Life Might Be Artificial, Not Biological!
Why haven’t we met biological aliens? If civilizations advance enough, they may ditch their biological limitations and become ...
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Dark Oxygen Could be the Key to Researching Alien Life
Dark oxygen, a newly identified form of oxygen, raises questions about life in extreme environments and its implications for ...
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A neutrino telescope spots the signs of something cataclysmic
A neutrino telescope, therefore, is a giant exercise in statistics. Observe lots of atoms for a long time and sooner or later ...
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Could Aliens with Human-Level Technology Detect Us? SETI Scientists Weigh In
SETI scientists try to determine whether aliens at a similar technology level to humans could detect Earth and from how far ...
If it moves, it’s probably alive: Searching for life on other planets
To solve that problem, a team of German researchers at the Technical University in Berlin figured that, instead of having a ...
How Easy Would it Be for Aliens to Find Life on Earth?
If an alien civilization has technology similar to ours, could it detect life on Earth? Answering this will help our own ...
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Humanity’s Best Chance of Sampling Extraterrestrial Life Could Be Thwarted By Physics
Space agencies and billionaires are still mostly focused on Mars. However, if life exists beyond the Earth but within the ...
Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same
The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 ...
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SETI Institute in the News: January Roundup
SETI Institute In the News The SETI Institute continues to push the boundaries of space exploration and the search for ...