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From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

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For centuries, humans have gazed at the stars and wondered whether we are alone in the universe. The question of ...

The Deep Space Network (DSN) is just the sort of tool aliens could one-day detect, transmitting from Earth. Credit: NASA/JPL What if the first signal ever detected from an alien lifeform wasn't a ...