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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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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Exomoons orbiting rogue planets could host liquid water for billions of years, offering potential habitats for life deep in interstellar space.
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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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“Life might actually survive being ejected from one planet and moving to another.”
Tests conducted with tardigrades suggest that there is something in Martian dirt that dramatically reduces biological activity.
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President Donald Trump has issued a statement that he will instruct the federal government to begin releasing all of its files related to UFOs.
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Life on Earth may exist thanks to an incredible stroke of luck — a chemical sweet spot that most planets miss during their formation but ours managed to hit.
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The key to solving the mystery of the Viking results is the discovery of perchlorate on the Martian surface in 2008.
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Scientists may need to broaden their horizons in their search for alien life.