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Why Even Traveling Close To The Speed Of Light Is So Hard3D rendered image of spaceship travelling towards a planet with a nebula in the background

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Why Even Traveling Close To The Speed Of Light Is So Hard3D rendered image of spaceship travelling towards a planet with a nebula in the background
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Why Even Traveling Close To The Speed Of Light Is So Hard

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The Aestivation Hypothesis: Are Aliens Waiting For The Next Era Of The Universe?3D illustration of distant planets with bright starlight in the middle of the image

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The Aestivation Hypothesis: Are Aliens Waiting For The Next Era Of The Universe?3D illustration of distant planets with bright starlight in the middle of the image
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The Aestivation Hypothesis: Are Aliens Waiting For The Next Era Of The Universe?

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We May Only Ever Detect Signals From Long-Dead Alien CivilizationsA futuristic space station above a planet.

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We May Only Ever Detect Signals From Long-Dead Alien CivilizationsA futuristic space station above a planet.
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We May Only Ever Detect Signals From Long-Dead Alien Civilizations

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METI: The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence Has A Highly Controversial TwinAn image representing a message being sent through space.

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METI: The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence Has A Highly Controversial TwinAn image representing a message being sent through space.
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METI: The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence Has A Highly Controversial Twin

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Are We Alone In The Galaxy? Updated Drake Equation Suggests We Might BePlanet Earth as a pale blue dot in space.

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Are We Alone In The Galaxy? Updated Drake Equation Suggests We Might BePlanet Earth as a pale blue dot in space.
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Are We Alone In The Galaxy? Updated Drake Equation Suggests We Might Be

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The Rare Earth Hypothesis A Hotly Debated Solution To The Fermi ParadoxAn artist rendition of Earth-like worlds all together in the same image

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The Rare Earth Hypothesis A Hotly Debated Solution To The Fermi ParadoxAn artist rendition of Earth-like worlds all together in the same image
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The Rare Earth Hypothesis A Hotly Debated Solution To The Fermi Paradox

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How Physicists Think Humanity Could Move Our Entire Solar SystemIllustration of a Dyson Sphere megastructure surrounding the Sun.

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How Physicists Think Humanity Could Move Our Entire Solar SystemIllustration of a Dyson Sphere megastructure surrounding the Sun.
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How Physicists Think Humanity Could Move Our Entire Solar System

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Hot Blobs In Earth’s Mantle From Moon-Forming Impact Possibly Started Plate Tectonicsthree panel image, left is a smaller rocky sphere crashing into a larger one, top right is a ring of debris around the larger sphere, and bottom right is a small sphere orbiting the larger

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Hot Blobs In Earth’s Mantle From Moon-Forming Impact Possibly Started Plate Tectonicsthree panel image, left is a smaller rocky sphere crashing into a larger one, top right is a ring of debris around the larger sphere, and bottom right is a small sphere orbiting the larger
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Hot Blobs In Earth’s Mantle From Moon-Forming Impact Possibly Started Plate Tectonics

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On The Kardashev Scale Of Civilizations Humanity Hasn't Even Reached Type IIllustration of the construction of a Dyson Sphere.

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On The Kardashev Scale Of Civilizations Humanity Hasn't Even Reached Type IIllustration of the construction of a Dyson Sphere.
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On The Kardashev Scale Of Civilizations Humanity Hasn't Even Reached Type I

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Galactic-Scale Extinctions: A Bleak Answer To The Universe's Great SilenceArtist impression of a gamma ray burst.

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Galactic-Scale Extinctions: A Bleak Answer To The Universe's Great SilenceArtist impression of a gamma ray burst.
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Galactic-Scale Extinctions: A Bleak Answer To The Universe's Great Silence

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What Would Be The Scariest Message Humanity Could Receive From Space?An artist depiction of a "signal" in space.

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What Would Be The Scariest Message Humanity Could Receive From Space?An artist depiction of a "signal" in space.
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What Would Be The Scariest Message Humanity Could Receive From Space?

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New Solution To The Fermi Paradox Suggests The Great Filter Is Nearly Upon UsA graphic explaining the Great Filter.

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New Solution To The Fermi Paradox Suggests The Great Filter Is Nearly Upon UsA graphic explaining the Great Filter.
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New Solution To The Fermi Paradox Suggests The Great Filter Is Nearly Upon Us

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Why Stephen Hawking Warned Against Contacting Alien CivilizationsStephen Hawking in Cambridge

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Why Stephen Hawking Warned Against Contacting Alien CivilizationsStephen Hawking in Cambridge
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Why Stephen Hawking Warned Against Contacting Alien Civilizations

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Fishbowl Worlds: Aliens Could Be Highly Intelligent, But Unable To Contact The OutsideA binary star system.

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Fishbowl Worlds: Aliens Could Be Highly Intelligent, But Unable To Contact The OutsideA binary star system.
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Fishbowl Worlds: Aliens Could Be Highly Intelligent, But Unable To Contact The Outside

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Scientists Outline The "Most Unsettling Solution" To The Fermi ParadoxDyson Sphere around a star in the universe.

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Scientists Outline The "Most Unsettling Solution" To The Fermi ParadoxDyson Sphere around a star in the universe.
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Scientists Outline The "Most Unsettling Solution" To The Fermi Paradox

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