Attention human. You are receiving an interstellar radio transmission. And it could be coming from one of the nearest exoplanets, Proxima Centauri b. What conditions make this planet a candidate for ...

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In 2019, a radio telescope in Australia detected an interesting signal coming from the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth. The signal, designated Breakthrough Listen Candidate 1 ...

Scientists say extraterrestrial life may exist elsewhere in the universe, but vast distances, enormous energy requirements and Earth's unique environment make alien visits to Earth highly unlikely.

New research suggests that alien radio signals may be transformed by plasma from their home stars — and scientists on Earth could thus be overlooking prime evidence of alien intelligence.

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