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# astrobiology
It makes sense for an alien species not to care about wiping out a civilization on another planet. Question is whether it would be worth the hassle.
# astrobiology
Could we spot aliens not by their signals into outer space, but by their mining activity?
# space
Even if aliens would try to invade and conquer us, they're probably not going to be in a hurry to do so or even want to spend the effort...
# astrobiology
Communication is difficult. Especially with alien beings that evolved tens of light years away and may have no idea we're even trying to communicate.
# astrobiology
The odds of downloading an evil alien artificial intelligence and enabling it to take over our machinery are pretty much zero to none.
# space
Dougal Dixon has seen the future of the human species and it's not a fun or good one...
# astrobiology
Is oxygen in the air a necessity for an alien civilization to develop?
# astrobiology
Futurist blogger created an aspirational list of rules by which we should interact with any aliens we might encounter. Emphasis on the aspirational part...
# astrobiology
Astronomer Ragbir Bhathal supposedly claims he received a signal from Gliese 581g, but the story behind the claims doesn't seem to make much sense.
# astrobiology
As soothing as it may seem, it's very, very, very unlikely there's a union of various alien species that imposes an interstellar order.