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'It's getting closer and closer for sure.' How SETI is expanding its search for alien intelligence (exclusive)
Space.com caught up with Bill Diamond, President and CEO of the SETI Institute for an exclusive, mind-stretching close-encounter discussion regarding the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Machine learning could help track down alien technology. Here's how
A machine learning-based search for TESS data anomalies could lead us to proof of alien life.
A shallow lake in Canada could reveal how life on Earth began
A shallow soda lake in Canada could resemble Darwin's 'warm little ponds' found on the primordial Earth that had the right chemistry for life to get started.
Will we ever be able to communicate with aliens?
Scientists are investigating the possible forms that alien languages might take — and whether we might be able to understand them.
Nearby exoplanet may be rich in life-giving water, study finds
Researchers have just come a step closer to uncovering the secrets of an alien planet that may be the most likely of all known extrasolar worlds to host life.
SETI scientists begin huge new hunt for intelligent aliens
The search for alien technosignatures has dramatically expanded, thanks to a new experiment called COSMIC.
1st 'interstellar tourism campaign' urges aliens to visit Lexington, Kentucky
Scientists beamed out a deep-space travel ad to potential aliens in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system, urging them to visit Lexington, Kentucky.
Alien technosignatures more likely to be found on oxygen-rich exoplanets. Here's why
To stand the best chance of detecting technosignatures, SETI should survey exoplanets with atmospheres that are at least 18% oxygen.
