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Search for extraterrestrial intelligence

First contact with aliens - lessons learnt from history on Earth tell cautionary tales

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First contact with aliens - lessons learnt from history on Earth tell cautionary tales

By David Delgado Shorter, Kim TallBear and William Lempert

SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS

South Africa

SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS

By AFP

Newsdeck

'Peculiar' radio signals emerge from nearby star

By AFP

Newsdeck

NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets

By AFP

Daily Maverick Interview: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxies

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Daily Maverick Interview: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxies

By Marelise Van Der Merwe

Newsdeck

Planet in star system next door may have ocean: study

By AFP

Newsdeck

NASA's Kepler discovers more than 104 new exoplanets

By AFP

Newsdeck

Discovery of exoplanet sheds light on planet formation

By AFP

Cosmos – the final frontier; these are the voyages of the starship Neil deGrasse Tyson…

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Cosmos – the final frontier; these are the voyages of the starship Neil deGrasse Tyson…

By J Brooks Spector

U.S. space telescope spots 715 more planets

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U.S. space telescope spots 715 more planets

By Reuters

One in five Milky Way stars hosts potentially life-friendly Earths: Study

World

One in five Milky Way stars hosts potentially life-friendly Earths: Study

By Reuters

In memoriam: John Billingham, the man who chased ET all over the universe

World

In memoriam: John Billingham, the man who chased ET all over the universe

By Richard Poplak