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If there's anything that can deliver us a sign of aliens, you'd put your money on it being the James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope

Cornell Astronomer Hoping the James Webb Will Confirm Alien Life in 2025

By Frank Landymore

Astronomers say they've developed a technique to detect smaller bandwidth radio signals that weren't intended to reach deep space.

Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out a Way to Intercept Alien Radio Signals

By Frank Landymore

The James Webb Space Telescope hasn't even kicked off scientific operations — but astronomers are already eager to search for other civilizations using it.

James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists Already Plotting How James Webb Could Detect Alien Civilizations

By Victor Tangermann

Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System May Be Closer to Earth Than We Thought

Planets in the TRAPPIST-1 System May Be Closer to Earth Than We Thought

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Researchers Determine the Two TRAPPIST-1 Planets Most Likely to Support Life

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Scientists Just Found the First Evidence That the Trappist-1 System Might Contain Water

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

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Science & Energy

Scientists Imagine What Plants Would Look Like on Alien Worlds

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Any Alien Life in the Trappist-1 System Exists in a Tenuous Balance

New Evidence Has Emerged on the Potential for Life in the Trappist System

New Evidence Has Emerged on the Potential for Life in the Trappist System

By Christianna Reedy

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NASA Has Released New Images of Trappist-1’s Earth-Sized Planets

NASA Just Released the First Images of the Trappist-1 System

NASA Just Released the First Images of the Trappist-1 System

Soon, We’ll Know if TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Could Support Life

Soon, We’ll Know if TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Could Support Life

By June Javelosa

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

Predicting 2017: A Look At Humanity’s Future in Space

By Todd Jaquith

Newly Discovered Planets May Host Infrared Based Life

Newly Discovered Planets May Host Infrared Based Life

By Sarah Marquart