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What’s Orbiting KIC 8462852 – Shattered Comet or Alien Megastructure?
"Bizarre." "Interesting." "Giant transit". That were the reactions of Planet Hunters project volunteers when they got their first look at the light…
Animated Explainer on the Fermi Paradox from Kurz Gesagt
If you're fascinated by the Fermi Paradox like I am, you're going to want to spend a few minutes and…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” II: Questioning the Hart-Tipler Conjecture
Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi's famous question,…
Beyond “Fermi’s Paradox” I: A Lunchtime Conversation- Enrico Fermi and Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Welcome back to our Fermi Paradox series, where we take a look at possible resolutions to Enrico Fermi's famous question,…
Who Speaks for Earth? The Controversy over Interstellar Messaging
Should we beam messages into deep space, announcing our presence to any extraterrestrial civilizations that might be out there? Or,…
This Comparison of Comet 67/P With Other Solar System Bodies Will Blow Your Mind
There’s darkness out there in the cold corners of the solar system. And we’re not talking about a Lovecraftian darkness,…
Communicating Across the Cosmos 4: The Quest for a Rosetta Stone
On television and in the movies, it’s so easy. Aliens almost always speak English (at least in America they do).…
Communicating Across the Cosmos, Part 3: Bridging the Vast Gulf
If extraterrestrial civilizations exist, the nearest is probably at least hundreds or thousands of light years away. Still, the greatest…
Communicating Across the Cosmos, Part 2: Petabytes from the Stars?
Since it was founded in 1984, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute in Mountain View, California, has been a…
Communicating Across the Cosmos, Part 1: Shouting into the Darkness
Over the last 20 years, astronomers have discovered several thousand planets orbiting other stars. We now know that potentially habitable…