A decision has just been reached that will give an amazing boost to our capacity to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life. On 12th November, member states of the European Space Agency (ESA) signed off on the proposed space telescope called ARIEL, which has thus been given the green light for construction and launch. There […]
Read MoreFor thousands of years, human beings have wondered if we are alone in the universe. Only recently have we developed the technology to investigate by exploring the far reaches of space for signs of life. In an excerpt from this fall's Life Beyond Earth, join the search for what—or who—might be out there.
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