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  • Was It A Good Idea To Beam Our Best Techno To An Alien World?

    Was It A Good Idea To Beam Our Best Techno To An Alien World?

    George Dvorsky

    In the year 2030, a powerful radio transmission originating from Earth will arrive at a potentially habitable exoplanet located approximately 12.4 light years away. Should any alien intelligence be there to receive it, they’re in for quite a treat: This binary stream of data contains short musical clips from some of the world’s best electronic…

  • Hibernating Aliens Could Explain The Great Silence

    Hibernating Aliens Could Explain The Great Silence

    Gizmodo International

    We have yet to find any traces of extraterrestrial intelligence, a vexing problem known as the Fermi Paradox. A new solution to the “where are all the aliens?” conundrum suggests that advanced aliens do exist — but they’re in a self-imposed state of hibernation, waiting for a future era of the cosmos in which they…

  • The Daring Plan To Find The Next Earth Within A Decade

    The Daring Plan To Find The Next Earth Within A Decade

    Maddie Stone

    When astronomers confirmed the discovery of an Earth-sized world orbiting Proxima Centauri just 4.25 light years away, hopes were ignited that there may be more planetary real estate in our cosmic neighbourhood. To find out, a team of ex-NASA scientists is now seeking private funding to scour the Alpha Centauri system for habitable planets.