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Venus Life Finder Missions Motivation and Summary
Aerospace, 2022 Finding evidence of extraterrestrial life would be one of the most profound scientific discoveries ever made, advancing humanity into a new epoch of cosmic awareness.
Sara Seager +13 more
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Science Fiction about Intelligent Life in Cosmic Space. Posthuman Perspective [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2021 The article shows how the latest reflection within philosophical posthumanism can be applied to the analysis of science fiction works. The concepts of Francesca Fernando and Rosi Braidotti serve as a theoretical basis here, allowing us to look ...
Roman Sapeńko
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 The biology of metal transforming microorganisms is of a fundamental and applied importance for our understanding of past and present biogeochemical processes on Earth and in the Universe.
Denise Kölbl +6 more
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Microlensing and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life [PDF]
The Astrophysical Journal, 1999 Are microlensing searches likely to discover planets that harbor life? Given our present state of knowledge, this is a difficult question to answer. We therefore begin by asking a more narrowly focused question: are conditions on planets discovered via microlensing likely to be similar to those we experience on Earth?
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Implications of Captured Interstellar Objects for Panspermia and Extraterrestrial Life [PDF]
Astronomical Journal, 2018 We estimate the capture rate of interstellar objects by means of three-body gravitational interactions. We apply this model to the Sun–Jupiter system and the Alpha Centauri A&B binary system, and find that the radius of the largest captured object is a ...
M. Lingam, A. Loeb
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The Extraterrestrial Hypothesis: A Case for Scientific Openness to an Interstellar Explanation for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena [PDF]
Философия и космологияOver the past several years the question of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) has commanded increasing interest. Attention has generally focused on two main classes of hypotheses: a conventional terrestrial explanation (e.g., human technology), and ...
Tim Lomas
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Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2021 Unidentified Flying Objects (also called UFO) are usually related to the magical beliefs that accept the existence of extraterrestrial beings and alien abductions.
Álex Escolà-Gascón +2 more
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How Will the Emerging Plurality of Lives Change How We Conceive of and Relate to Life?
Challenges, 2019 The project “A Plurality of Lives” was funded and hosted by the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University, Sweden. The aim of the project was to better understand how a second origin of life, either in the form of a ...
Erik Persson +11 more
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A Simultaneous Dual-site Technosignature Search Using International LOFAR Stations
The Astronomical Journal, 2023 The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence aims to find evidence of technosignatures, which can point toward the possible existence of technologically advanced extraterrestrial life. Radio signals similar to those engineered on Earth may be transmitted
Owen A. Johnson +21 more
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Untethered Soft Robots for Future Planetary Explorations?
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2023 In recent years, robotic vehicles have been deployed for planetary exploration purposes, surveying extraterrestrial terrains in search for possible signs of life and also to learn more about these unfamiliar worlds.
Chelsea Shan Xian Ng, Guo Zhan Lum
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