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Continue ReadingDr. Jill Tarter is the Director of the Center for SETI Research, the program that searches the sky for alien life using radio frequencies. Tarter is …
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Continue ReadingThe Orion constellation is second only to the constellation of the Big Dipper in recognizability. The constellation was well known to the ancient …
Continue ReadingAre we at the center of the universe? Is there a uniform distribution of matter and energy around us to indicate that we may be at the center? What …
Continue ReadingThe expansion rate of the Universe is increasing, not slowing down. How is that possible? The problem is that studying ordinary matter and energy, …
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