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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Making contact with ET? Aliens may already know we're here ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Earth is dotted with many humongous, human-made structures. To an alien eye, they may be tell-tale signs of intelligent goings-on, betraying our existence and hinting at our capabilities. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/F8cYMEc4DfMEQnE9XKQCLk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Topaz Solar Farm in California, which covers 9.5 square miles (25.6 square kilometers), as seen from space.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Topaz Solar Farm in California, which covers 9.5 square miles (25.6 square kilometers), as seen from space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Disclosure day: If ET made contact, how would we handle the news? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ How would people react if an alien civilization actually made contact with us? Space.com talked to experts, who shared a variety of opinions about a possible real-life "disclosure day." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rAdiX7kzBW4nBQvvojz9BD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Navy pilots have encountered unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Navy pilots have encountered unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where are all the aliens? Maybe they just don't want to talk to us ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/where-are-all-the-aliens-maybe-they-just-dont-want-to-talk-to-us</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A civilization capable of interstellar travel may also be one that has moved beyond conquest, excess and ecological self-destruction — and it therefore may not want to talk to us. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zjDgGzk64iR5Wu9fbZebEh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The SETI Institute&#039;s Allen Telescope Array in Northern California searches for radio signals that could have been generated by intelligent alien life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The SETI Institute&#039;s Allen Telescope Array in Northern California searches for radio signals that could have been generated by intelligent alien life.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Where are all the aliens? Maybe space weather is scrambling their transmissions ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ We may be missing alien radio signals because they have become smeared beyond the narrowband detectors that SETI utilizes, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zjDgGzk64iR5Wu9fbZebEh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The SETI Institute&#039;s Allen Telescope Array in Northern California searches for radio signals that could have been generated by intelligent alien life.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The SETI Institute&#039;s Allen Telescope Array in Northern California searches for radio signals that could have been generated by intelligent alien life.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers searching for alien life are sharpening our cosmic clocks. Here's why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Tiny delays in pulsar signals measured by SETI scientists could aid the search for gravitational waves and extraterrestrial life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:32:31 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7kCUkCxg6mAD2CXZ9kdKRa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[When viewed from Earth, pulsars appear as flickering stars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[artist&#039;s impression of a pulsar ejecting vast pulses of radiation. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This SETI program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/this-seti-program-is-chasing-down-its-final-100-signals-could-one-of-them-be-from-aliens</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ SETI@home has been one of the largest citizen science projects ever, with millions of users around the world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:15:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2wUmfrBEPjRk7FYcfJYAxP-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Robert Sanders/UC Berkeley.]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[David Anderson, co-creator of SETI@home, pictured in 2003.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Images from the SETI@home project, including a screenshot of the SETI@home data and a man looking at a large computer with the same screen]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI's 'Noah’s Ark' – a space historian explores how the advent of radio astronomy led to the USSR’s search for extraterrestrial life ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An expert dives into the history of radio astronomy and the search for life beyond our Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 21:13:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Gabriela Radulescu ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/p72u5wGK8WJ3MEmSBp9hKU-1280-80.jpeg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American Astrophysical Observatory (NAAPO)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[&quot;Wow!&quot; signal printout. The comment on the side inspired the event&#039;s name, as this mysterious signal sparked a debate about life in the universe. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[&quot;Wow!&quot; signal printout. The comment on the side inspired the event&#039;s name.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ No near neighbors: Closest technologically advanced aliens may be 33,000 light-years from Earth ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study suggests that, without plate tectonics and the right balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen, advanced alien civilizations may be exceedingly rare. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 17:02:35 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stefanie Waldek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/mikCVjDEHWgL5sAWMuB9UT-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA Ames/NASA/JPL–Caltech/Tim Pyle (Caltech)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist’s impression of the rocky, habitable-zone exoplanet Kepler-168b. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of exoplanet Kepler 16b, where its brown rocky surface can be seen in the darkness of space with its bright home star far in the distance.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ If aliens explore space like humans do, NASA scientists know where to look for their signals ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Studying the signals that humanity beams through the solar system has allowed a team of NASA researchers to pinpoint where and when astronomers should hunt for alien technosignatures. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Astronomy]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TtGnoChHdg8XoRzcDXhdHo-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a human-made signal passing between Earth and Mars]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows a human-made signal passing between Earth and Mars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could deciphering dolphin language help us communicate with ET? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/could-deciphering-dolphin-language-help-us-communicate-with-et</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ There are creatures here on Earth that may give us clues about how to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence — dolphins, which are famously social and smart. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eZziQxHjvubm7dXKGTXbK4-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Could interspecies two-way communication with dolphins provide clues about how to communicate with intelligent aliens?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Could interspecies two-way communication with dolphins provide clues about how to communicate with intelligent aliens?]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Meteorites and asteroids tracked back to their place of origin in the solar system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers have tracked several meteorites that dropped in on Earth back to their origin, space rocks in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Asteroid &amp; Comet Missions]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Corless ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7viSJoYuMX5EqHDSWh7eA7-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration shows a field of tiny space rocks with Earth in the background]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows a field of tiny space rocks with Earth in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Boost for alien hunters? Earth life may not be so improbable, study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The idea that life on Earth arose through a series of improbable "hard" evolutionary steps may be misjudged, according to a new paper that says our Earth had a big say in matters. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:41:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zVshpCkRtaNmGWaJueYPdn-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Did the geological processes of Earth (photographed here by Firefly Aerospace&#039;s Blue Ghost lunar lander) dictate when life evolved?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a blue-and-white planet on a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ I want to believe — but yet another massive search for alien technosignatures just turned up nothing ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/alien-radio-signals-search-empty</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hunting for alien civilizations isn't a matter of just waiting around for them to show up; it's the business of combing through enormous volumes of data to look for peculiar signals. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:04:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xkscptKqYjkrCgpvU3UcCk-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI tracks distorted signals from distant pulsars with data from destroyed Arecibo Observatory ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/arecibo-seti-pulsars-cosmic-lighthouses</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Years after the collapse of the Arecebo telescope data from the radio observatory has helped SETI scientists probe the characteristics of pulsars, cosmic lighthouses powered by dead stars. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Stars]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FBkzNLfV8mRJFfpSZuVFEP-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star that sweeps beams of radiation through space like a cosmic lighthouse]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star that sweeps beams of radiation through space like a cosmic lighthouse]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ UFO whistleblowers tell Congress 'we are not alone in the cosmos' (video) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/ufo-whistleblowers-tell-congress-we-are-not-alone-in-the-cosmos-video</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The latest congressional UFO hearing featured testimony from former military personnel who told representatives that excessive government secrecy hides the fact that we are not alone in the cosmos. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:36:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 21:58:00 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brett Tingley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UZhrysfcEFA7rTqA77rZdB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Alien signal' sent from Mars decoded by father-daughter team ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/alien-signal-mars-decoded-esa-exomars</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A signal beamed at Earth from Mars in 2023 has finally been decoded by a father and daughter team in the United States. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 21:00:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:14:42 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brett Tingley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BgKvrvvyDPdLRxBLUYAYpf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A radio signal beamed to Earth last year by ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter contained this image depicting five amino acids. Citizen scientists Ken and Keli Chaffin were the first to decode the image from the radio data. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[white dots arranged in geometric shapes on a black background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-alien-hunting-trappist-1-planets-ppos</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new search for extraterrestrial radio signals during planetary occultations in the TRAPPIST-1 system provides a promising new strategy for hunting for extraterrestrial life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3BwAtQkq2w9mkbijNkU52C-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Seven Earth-like planets orbit the Trappist-1 star, but could any of them host life?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Seven Earth-like planets orbit the Trappist-1 star.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why haven't we found intelligent alien civilizations? There may be a 'universal limit to technological development’ ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/lack-of-intelligent-aliens-universal-technological-development-limit</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Why haven’t we found signs of advanced alien life? Scientists ponder the heavy question. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2024 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ conor.feehly94@gmail.com (Conor Feehly) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Conor Feehly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eiDQb9tEx9Rb62R3tXXBfK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of a Dyson sphere very close to a glowing star.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of a Dyson sphere very close to a glowing star.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'We are close:' SETI astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol on the search for life ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-nathalie-cabrol-the-secret-life-of-the-universe</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astrobiologist Nathalie Cabrol seeks answers to two key questions: Are we alone in the universe? How did life on Earth begin in the first place? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:59:28 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:04:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/88eXt6HuWHscsZv3rHgmc-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array (ATA), the first radio telescope to be designed from the ground up to be used for SETI searches.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[large antennae dishes point up at the sky in a desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How AI is helping us search the universe for alien technosignatures ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/how-ai-is-helping-search-for-alien-technosignatures</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "It's now a part of mainstream astrophysics." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:15:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ conor.feehly94@gmail.com (Conor Feehly) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Conor Feehly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PT5tt8bz6vATR95tR5hYLE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[Three giant satellite dishes point up at the night sky, smeared with endless starlight.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Three giant satellite dishes point up at the night sky, smeared with endless starlight.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI searches for alien life in over 1,000 galaxies using unexplored radio frequencies ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-alien-signals-low-radio-frequencies</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New findings could elevate SETI into an extragalactic search for life beyond Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 29 Aug 2024 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/wnT4sEemomL22V6ErQaQk8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This composite image shows the red, radio-wave signature of the night sky soaring over the Murchison Widefield Array — a radio telescope in the Australian outback.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The sky looks dark with red glowing streaks. On the ground, there are a bunch of gray structures that together make up the MWA.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Are we alone? Intelligent aliens may be rare, new study suggests ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/intelligent-alien-life-rare-drake-equation-research</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new interpretation of the famous Drake equation finds little reason to be optimistic about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:00:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rQqDksDevrxHLSD69iP6xM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Seth Shostak/SETI Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[radio telescopes point up at the dark night sky with mountains in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The great silence: Just 4 in 10,000 galaxies may host intelligent aliens ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/plate-tectonics-intelligent-alien-life-rare</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Without plate tectonics, oceans and continents, complex life that is able to invent and master advanced technology might never evolve. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jul 2024 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rQqDksDevrxHLSD69iP6xM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Seth Shostak/SETI Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ AI may be to blame for our failure to make contact with alien civilizations ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/ai-may-be-to-blame-failure-to-contact-alien-civilizations</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The rise of AI might explain why the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) has yet to detect the signatures of advanced technical civilizations elsewhere in the galaxy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2024 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Michael Garrett ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8UdJeox9qWHw7YVeUABifG-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio astronomy observatory, located at Plains of San Agustin in New Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a set of large white antenna dishes in the desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's mission to an ice-covered moon will contain a message between water worlds ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/ice-covered-moon-mission-contain-message-between-water-worlds</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa in October 2024, will carry a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Douglas Vakoch ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VdLZunzWGVhnSJZJ4RnW4Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[the black silhouette of a double solar-paneled satellite spacecraft is beset before the trippy trenches and scars of an icy moon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI chief says US has no evidence for alien technology. 'And we never have' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-chief-bill-diamond-ufos-alien-visitation</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ For the chief leader of the SETI Institute, established to search for and understand life beyond Earth, there's a need to step back and cuddle up to a cup of cosmic reality. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 11:59:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/LFDgGB9wQpEsJvgtxLX54F-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array is a radio astronomy observatory located in the Plains of San Agustin in New Mexico.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a series of large white radar dishes stand alone in the desert]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ '3 Body Problem:' How Netflix's sci-fi saga employs the famous Wow! SETI signal ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An explanation of the Wow! signal as used in the new Netflix sci-fi series, "3 Body Problem." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 04 Apr 2024 01:27:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeff Spry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/84fkcyEXQFk7sXAg78rufZ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Wow! SETI signal has remained mysterious since its 1977 detection.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A printout sheet with the word &quot;Wow!&quot; written in red]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI searches for alien signals synchronized with supernova 1987A ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers revitalize an old concept called the SETI Ellipsoid that incorporates supernovas in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/X5sv6oSE8Rg39vk7sndJEd-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The SETI ellipsoid is an ellipse in space with Earth at one foci and SN 1987A at the other. Stars on the perimeter of the ellipsoid will have seen the supernova and any alien signals may be synchronized with it.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a yellow oval is intersected by the outline of a darker brown/yellow circle. inside the oval three vertical and one horizontal ovals, creating a 3d look. at either end of the oval are small circles colored like earth and a smaller blue dot. the pair hang in space.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'It's getting closer and closer for sure.' How SETI is expanding its search for alien intelligence (exclusive) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-expanding-search-for-alien-intelligence</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Space.com caught up with Bill Diamond, President and CEO of the SETI Institute for an exclusive, mind-stretching close-encounter discussion regarding the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/CeK2gHy3eDEjUxKxWCCNTk-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Bettymaya Foott, NRAO/AUI/NSF]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New Mexico’s Very Large Array (VLA) – on the SETI trail.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[large satellite dishes point upward at the night sky]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Machine learning could help track down alien technology. Here's how  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/alien-megastructure-search-life-beyond-earth</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A machine learning-based search for TESS data anomalies could lead us to proof of alien life. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 13:00:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 25 Jan 2024 22:28:15 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Monisha Ravisetti ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FkjaLAnwixpPUVnLzHsqNE-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s interpretation of what an &quot;alien megastructure&quot; might look like.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a bright orb shines, surrounded by rings evenly spaced around the glow]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/meti-could-we-communicate-with-intelligent-aliens</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists are investigating the possible forms that alien languages might take — and whether we might be able to understand them. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:00:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:57:19 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PfrBvsp449iwH6YNbYyRQb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Seth Shostak/SETI Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, which researchers use to search for possible signals from intelligent aliens.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[spot-lit satellite dishes on an arid landscape point skyward ere the backdrop of a starry night]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI scientists begin huge new hunt for intelligent aliens ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/cosmic-seti-alien-life-search-underway</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The search for alien technosignatures has dramatically expanded, thanks to a new experiment called COSMIC. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:03:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uMHimeHetVYcCSt8ExUM8-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[New Mexico&#039;s Very Large Array hunts for signs of alien life across the cosmos]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ten large white radio telescopes point up at a cloudy sky.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st 'interstellar tourism campaign' urges aliens to visit Lexington, Kentucky ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-scientists-alien-message-first-interstellar-tourism-campaign</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists beamed out a deep-space travel ad to potential aliens in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, urging them to visit Lexington, Kentucky. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:00:27 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 21:24:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeff Spry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FfacQhwpoEUmGanGVZ5cyC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists beamed a message to the TRAPPIST-1 system in December 2023, urging any aliens who might live there to visit Lexington, Kentucky.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a man sits at a table with a laptop and telescope during a nighttime event. the american flag and two people on horseback are visible to his left.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is humanity prepared for contact with intelligent aliens? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/contact-intelligent-aliens-is-humanity-prepared</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study calls for humanity to prepare for an encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence and examines the social consequences of such contact. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 11:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PfrBvsp449iwH6YNbYyRQb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Seth Shostak/SETI Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, which researchers use to search for possible signals from intelligent aliens.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[spot-lit satellite dishes on an arid landscape point skyward ere the backdrop of a starry night]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI's 1st 'conversation' with a humpback whale offers insight on how to talk to E.T. ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humpback whale "conversations" provide valuable insight on how humans may one day communicate with life beyond Earth. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 17:59:13 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Mathewson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K85W6b64wQWWZpCWfRSq54-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Jodi Frediani]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Scientists were able to communicate with a whale named Twain.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a whale&#039;s tail above water.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI is searching for alien life at previously unexplored frequencies ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-searching-alien-life-unexplored-frequencies</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Despite the seemingly boundless expanse of the universe, which implies there’s potential for abundant life, the vast distances between stars render the search akin to locating a needle in a cosmic haystack. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2023 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Owen Johnson ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/YezFHPU5D4mKtEoqxWZ8oL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[A telescope image of three galaxies swirling around one another as they collide, with a bright orange burst of radiation at the center]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A telescope image of three galaxies swirling around one another as they collide, with a bright orange burst of radiation at the center]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ SETI Institute gets $200 million to seek out evidence of alien life ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/searth-extraterrestrial-life-major-funding-boost-seti</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers are taking seriously the idea that our first evidence of life elsewhere in the cosmos may come in the form of alien technology. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2023 01:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ conor.feehly94@gmail.com (Conor Feehly) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Conor Feehly ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PfrBvsp449iwH6YNbYyRQb-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Seth Shostak/SETI Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[spot-lit satellite dishes on an arid landscape point skyward ere the backdrop of a starry night]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Search for intelligent aliens explores new radio-frequency realms ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Over 1.6 million star systems have been scanned by Europe's LOFAR system so far, but E.T. hasn't been caught phoning home yet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:00:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/k46jvHQU4qjk5FiQRpexj7-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A view of the LOFAR station at Birr Castle in Ireland, which has been listening for alien radio signals.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of the LOFAR station at Birr Castle in Ireland, which has been listening for alien radio signals.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a new home at Oxford ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Breakthrough Listen initiative has moved its headquarters to the U.K. to take advantage of the reams of data set to come from the Square Kilometer Array. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TYuqomoWcwM4bTavYy34Mf-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[ The satellite dishes that make up the KAT radio telescope stand in the sun at the SKA (Square Kilometer Array) project site on Oct. 9, 2012 in Carnavon, South Africa. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[radio telescopes point upward in the desert under a bright sun]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ In the search for alien life, should we be looking for artificial intelligence? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/should-search-for-alien-life-include-looking-for-artificial-intelligence</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Superintelligences might reveal themselves through the technosignatures of their cosmic engineering projects. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2023 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HnN5cYDZRjZQbFXqCR4grQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Superintelligences might reveal themselves through the technosignatures of their cosmic engineering projects.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Robot hand close to touching a human hand.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could AI communicate with aliens better than we could? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/ai-artificial-intelligence-communicate-with-aliens-better-than-us</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Any potential alien messages could be too complicated for humans to understand, but AI trained to detect complex structure in communication could help decipher them for us. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DPVxJe4EPPcPb2GGtziSqJ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[If we ever receive transmissions from an alien civilization, could an AI communicate with it better than we could?]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[radio telescopes point upwards under the milky way and stars]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could AI find alien life faster than humans, and would it tell us? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/could-ai-find-alien-life-faster-than-humans</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ AI is the way forward in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, from detecting radio signals to finding technosignatures on planets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 21:00:25 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gqJY6ym5VXcad6GYw8gwaa-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Ai is transforming the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Robot in a control room flying a white modern spaceship with window view on space and digital Earth hologram 3D rendering]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What is the difference between science and pseudoscience? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/science-pseudoscience-what-is-the-difference</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pseudoscience is a practice that, from the outside, looks like science, but upon closer inspection, is revealed to be nothing but. And what makes a practice look like science? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:00:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tJtJJxgFovoPFrHDLqVw8h-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Earth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An orange/yellow lit curve of the earth is bordered by a bright atmospheric layer that turns to blue and fades to black.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ UFO whistleblower tells Congress the US government is hiding evidence of 'non-human intelligence' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/us-hiding-evidence-alien-intelligence-ufo-whistleblower-claims</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ During a congressional hearing on Wednesday (July 26), military witnesses and members of Congress demanded more transparency from the U.S. government when it comes to UFOs. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:58:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 26 Jul 2023 19:57:50 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ brett.tingley@futurenet.com (Brett Tingley) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Brett Tingley ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pAGXf5gN8gwRvyYoWDSVce-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Repeated signals from the center of the Milky Way could be aliens saying hello, new study claims ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/signals-from-milky-way-center-breakthrough-listen-aliens-search</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new search for extraterrestrial life has scientists looking inward — toward the center of our galaxy. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 11:32:30 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stephanie Pappas ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W2HH6LS4DhGArLJQ4Ygyv8-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Breakthrough Listen / Danielle Futselaar]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A hypothetical alien craft transmits radio signals into space. Scientists are on the hunt for signals like these.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of a metallic, orblike alien craft blasting twin beams of blue light into space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Alien' signal beamed to Earth from Mars in SETI test ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-alien-message-decoding-practice</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A European Mars orbiter beamed a coded message to Earth today (May 24), kicking off a weeks-long project designed to help us prep for a real signal from E.T. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 19:58:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3mvcuL7NgquZU7jQ3uGwUg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of Europe&#039;s Trace Gas Orbiter at work around Mars.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of the Trace Gas Orbiter at work around Mars.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How would we decode a message from ET? New project will give us a trial run ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/seti-decode-message-aliens-practice-sign-in-space</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new project called 'A Sign in Space' will give scientists and laypeople around the world practice at decoding a message from intelligent aliens. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 18:01:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 22 May 2023 18:58:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rQqDksDevrxHLSD69iP6xM-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Seth Shostak/SETI Institute]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Will SpaceX's Starlink megaconstellation make Earth more detectable to aliens? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-radio-signals-alien-visiblity</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Intelligent aliens looking for life in the universe might be able to find Earth using our radio signals, a new SETI study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2023 10:00:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Earth]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GKu7UPhETNFqctFyhs7kc3-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ramiro Saide]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The SETI Institute&#039;s Ramiro Saide at the Allen Telescope Array in Hat Creek, California, which listens for extraterrestrial signals.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[ramiro saide stands in front of a set of radio telescopes in a field with blue sky in behind]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'No indication' shot-down objects are alien spacecraft, White House says ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ There's no evidence that the three mysterious objects shot down recently by U.S. fighter jets came from anywhere other than Earth, White House officials said. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 13 Feb 2023 23:04:13 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uWWUjs89uUsbMGq9rVoSMM-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An F-22 jet performing exercises in December 2022. An F-22 took out a Chinese balloon with a Sidewinder missile on Feb. 4, 2023, off the coast of South Carolina.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An F-22 jet performing exercises in December 2022. An F-22 took out a Chinese balloon with a Sidewinder missile on Feb. 4, 2023, off the coast of South Carolina.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Machine learning spots 8 potential technosignatures ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans have five new leads in the search to find life beyond our solar system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 16:00:16 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Search for Life]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WVBd7BEHP5tgL3JVteLZhQ-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Danielle Futselaar/Breakthrough Listen]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of the Green Bank Telescope hooked up to a machine learning system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of the Green Bank Telescope hooked up to a machine learning system.]]></media:text>
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