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# astrobiology
NatGeo gave ancient astronaut theorists the time of day, but did little to rebuke their pseudoscientific arguments in a rare miss.
# astrobiology
While we're trying to get aliens' attention with active SETI, we need to keep in mind that we talk to aliens at our own risk.
# oddities
Ufologists seem convinced that NASA is trying to distort an image showing a gigantic alien spaceship shaped like an X floating through the solar system.
# astrobiology
The more spread out an alien species is across the cosmos, the easier it would be to find and contact them. But how widespread could an alien civilization be?
# astrobiology
Unfortunately, District 9 seems like a realistic look at how we'd treat an alien species that can't really defend itself from us.
# astrobiology
Ufologists love to talk about the rumored alien battle over Nuremberg, Germany in 1561. But there's no evidence it actually happened or that the cited sources ever existed.
# astrobiology
Based on the premise of SETI, if we do start talking to aliens, the ensuing conversation could get awkward very quickly...
# space
As we scream into space to get the attention of extraterrestrial life, we should remember there may be monsters out there.