The Moon could be used as a tool for finding life, specifically because it is tidally locked to Earth. Placing a radio telescope on the far side of the Moon could make it much easier to detect signals in space, and potentially reveal the presence of alien civilizations. No plans for building a telescope on …
If intelligent alien life exists somewhere in space it’s abundantly clear that we haven’t made meaningful contact with it yet. Various scientific bodies have devoted themselves to searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence and come up totally blank, but why? The famous Fermi paradox, named for physicist Enrico Fermi, asks if life is indeed common …
It’s probably safe to say that most people would be pretty interested in humanity making contact with intelligent alien life, but few of us actually dedicate our lives to the search for it. Seth Shostak from the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute does just that, and he firmly believes we’re incredibly close to answering …
