For decades, we have dreamed of visiting other star systems. There’s only one problem – it’s so far away from a conventional spaceflight, it would take thousands of years to reach even the nearest one. Physicists are not the kind of people who leave easily. Give them an impossible dream, …
Read More »Don’t ‘pollute’ our planet
The aliens take note: only humans can destroy this planet. NASA is taking steps to prevent extraterrestrial pollutants from invading Earth. Last week, the agency’s Office of Planetary Protection (OPP) said they had hired the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) to support all current and future missions according to …
Read More »NASA now has alien robot explorers who only call home when they’ve hit the jackpot.
Space probes must gain artificial intelligence and autonomy while conducting an alien search … [+] life in the solar system. Getty Space probes send too much data. In fact, scientific instruments that study the geochemistry of planetary bodies, and search for extraterrestrial life, generate increasing amounts of data. It is …
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