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Avi Loeb: Is ā€˜Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?

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Avi Loeb: Is ā€˜Oumuamua extraterrestrial technology?

Avi Loeb suggests ā€˜Oumuamua could be an alien spacecraft and that the search for extraterrestrial life is just good science.

Video

borehole through ice

Environment

Life found beneath Antarctic ice sheet 'shouldn't be there'

News

Avi Loeb interview: Could ā€˜Oumuamua be alien technology after all?

Space

Avi Loeb interview: Could ā€˜Oumuamua be alien technology after all?

Features

Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

Space

Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

Features

Water may be even more crucial to life than we thought

Life

Water may be even more crucial to life than we thought

News

Weird radio beam probably isnā€™t aliens but itā€™s the best candidate yet

Space

Weird radio beam probably isnā€™t aliens but itā€™s the best candidate yet

News

The curious case of the ā€œglacier miceā€ that seem to dance on ice

Life

The curious case of the ā€œglacier miceā€ that seem to dance on ice

Features

2020 in review: The hunt for life on Venus continues

Space

2020 in review: The hunt for life on Venus continues

News

How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

Life

How nature, nurture and sheer randomness combine to make a unique you

Features

Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife ā€“ but don't bank on it

Humans

Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife ā€“ but don't bank on it

Quantum information can never be destroyed, so some of the essence of you could live on after death ā€“ but itā€™s not going to help the physical you

Features

Humans

You are stardust: The long view of when your existence really began

Features

Space

There could be around 5 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way

News

Space

There may not be life on Venus after all but we shouldn't despair

Leader

Space

More doubts cast on potential signs of life on Venus

News

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