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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Nimo Omer

Friday briefing: ​Have we found ​signs of ​life elsewhere in the cosmos?

An illustration of what the planet K2-18 b, 124 light years away from Earth, may look like.
An illustration of what the planet K2-18 b, 124 light years away from Earth, may look like. Illustration: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmstead (STScI), N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University)

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The very real uptick in the intrigue around UFOs and alien life in recent years makes sense when you find out that such increased interest often occurs during economic downturns like recessions (yes, really). But this time there are no grainy images of some indistinct streak across the sky. Instead the latest in the question of whether we are truly alone in the universe comes from eminent astronomers.

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