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A group of scientists will listen for alien signals coming from that interstellar asteroid

sudshr47 December 11, 2017

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In October, an oddly-shaped asteroid that came from interstellar space shot through our solar system. 

On Wednesday, scientists will point a large radio telescope toward it as it continues to hurtle through space millions of miles away. Why? It’s all in the name of searching for alien life. 

Researchers working with the alien-hunting Breakthrough Listen project, backed by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, plan to use the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope to try to see if the asteroid, named ‘Oumuamua, is more than just a very cool space rock. 

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An Earth-sized world 11 light-years from home may be our next best shot to find alien life

sudshr47 November 15, 2017

Eleven light-years away, an Earth-sized world orbits a cool, red star, and it may be just right for life.
The planet, known as Ross 128b, completes an orbit of its star, Ross 128, about once every 10 days, according to new research published in the j…

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