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Are We Alone? Intelligent Aliens May Be Rare, New Research Suggests

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When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Allen Telescope Array in Northern California is dedicated to astronomical observations and a simultaneous search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). | Credit: Seth Shostak/SETI Institute The universe should either be teeming with life or barely host any life … Read more

Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate the existence of the first moons to be seen outside our solar system

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Astronomers always knew that discovering moons around extrasolar planets would be no easy feat – but a debate currently raging in planetary science circles shows just how difficult detecting these so-called exomoons will be. The story begins in 2018, when astronomers including David Kipping, an assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University, believed they had … Read more