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fromFuturism
2 weeks ago

If Scientists Ever Find Strong Evidence of Alien Life, Communicating It Will Pose Serious Issues

Communicating a confirmed detection of extraterrestrial life will be extremely difficult due to ambiguous data, cultural preconceptions, moral and religious implications, and public fear.
fromNature
2 months ago

A bothy among the stars

It took the last traces of Homo sapiens 10,000 desperate years to reach the semi-oxygenated rock orbiting Proxima Centauri. Widely known as a cosy bothy among the stars, it was a place where stellar ramblers in all their multitudes could pause and rest as they meandered the lightyears. They came in so many forms it took the humans a couple of decades to realize they weren't alone.
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