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Searching for an ET? Scientists Say Look for Signs of Aliens Mining Asteroids

After 50 years of searching the heavens with radio telescopes to try to contact alien life, so far the attempts of SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) scientists seem to have fallen on deaf ears. So is there another way to try to find aliens in our galactic neighborhood? Some scientists suggest looking for...

Hey ET, Are You Out There? Kepler Helps SETI Tune In

The needle-in-a-haystack search for extraterrestrial signals has narrowed a bit, thanks to NASA's Kepler spacecraft. Scientists announced that, of the 1,235 candidate planets discovered by Kepler, 54 of them were in what's known as the Goldilocks zone, a region close enough to its home sun where a planet may harbor...

Can Sun's Gravity Help Us Call ET?

(Dec. 20) -- It might be possible to use the sun as a long-distance telephone to reach out and talk to aliens, some scientists believe. By utilizing the massive gravity of our nearest solar neighbor, a huge telescope could be built, allowing earthlings to send and receive amplified signals to and from extraterrestrial...

Astronomers Worldwide Forge New Rules for ET Engagement

(Oct. 8) -- Is alien disclosure just around the corner? I can't say for sure, but lately there's been a lot of news that, if looked at collectively, could be interpreted as pointing in that direction. It seems as if everyone from the Vatican to the military to scientists conducting the Search for Extraterrestrial...

Background on search for extraterrestrial intelligence

The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is the collective name for a number of activities people undertake to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life.

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