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Making Artificial Eclipses Using Spacecraft Might Help Us Find New Worlds
August 10, 2017 | ArticleAs the nation awaits the Great American Solar Eclipse on Aug. 21, Stanford's Space Rendezvous Laboratory is developing a system that uses orbiting spacecraft to produce eclipses.
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Life in the Saturn System? Cassini Has Shown It's Possible
August 07, 2017 | ArticleThe European-American Cassini spacecraft has found that three of Saturn's many moons likely host subsurface oceans and may be capable of supporting life.
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New 'Laser SETI' Approach Seeks Crowdfunding to Seek Out Alien Life
August 07, 2017 | ArticleThe best way to find laser flashes from an alien civilization is to look everywhere, all the time, and a new project aims to do just that.
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Detecting Alien Life Will Likely Be a Protracted Process, Not a Eureka Moment
July 28, 2017 | ArticleScientific discovery most often comes through incremental progress rather than epiphanies, and there’s no reason to suggest discovering alien intelligence will be different.
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Why Looking for Aliens Is Good for Society (Even If There Aren't Any)
July 27, 2017 | ArticleThe search for life elsewhere in the universe is one of the most compelling aspects of modern science.
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Not Aliens: Weird Radio Signal from Star Likely Has Duller Explanation
July 21, 2017 | ArticleA strange radio signal that seemed to emanate from a small nearby star probably came from Earth-orbiting satellites, astronomers said.
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Bad News for Life: TRAPPIST-1 Planets' Atmospheres May Have Been Destroyed
July 19, 2017 | ArticleThe potentially Earth-like planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system may not be so conducive to life after all, two new studies report.
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No, Congressman, There's No Evidence of an Ancient Mars Civilization
July 18, 2017 | ArticleIn case you were wondering, there's no evidence that Mars hosted an alien civilization thousands of years ago, or at any time, for that matter.
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Weird Radio Signals Detected from Nearby Red Dwarf Star
July 17, 2017 | ArticleStrange radio signals have been spotted coming from the vicinity of a nearby star — but don't get your hopes up that aliens are responsible.
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Finding Extraterrestrial Life May Rely on Identifying Traces Rather Than Aliens
July 12, 2017 | ArticleTaking inspiration from the work of Leonardo da Vinci, a new paper suggests focusing on how to look for trails, tracks, burrows, and other signs that could reflect the existence of alien life.
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