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Strange worlds unlike Earth may be our best bet to find alien life

Strange worlds unlike Earth may be our best bet to find alien life

26 August 2020

From rogue worlds that roam the cosmos alone to Tatooines that orbit two suns, astronomers are expanding our definition of habitable exoplanets
Netflix's John Was Trying to Contact Aliens is amazing and moving

Netflix's John Was Trying to Contact Aliens is amazing and moving

26 August 2020

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens is a 16-minute film that brilliantly captures the eccentric 1970s world of UFO hunter John Shepherd, who built kit to hunt aliens, playing jazz and reggae to lure them

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