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A Strong Signal From A Neighboring Solar System Has ET Seekers Speculating

Samantha Cole

at 09:51 AM Aug 30 2016

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Cosmology //

Is someone trying to phone home? Astronomers at the SETI institute have detected "a strong signal" in the direction of HD164595, a star 95 light years from Earth. At least one Neptune-sized planet orbits this star.

SETI Expands Search For Life To 20,000 New Star Systems

Mary Beth Griggs

at 10:57 AM Apr 1 2016

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SETI Expands Search For Life To 20,000 New Star Systems

Space //

The SETI Institute just expanded its Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence to 20,000 new star systems, listening for radio signals produced by any intelligent life that might be living there.