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    Commentary: Science could finally discover aliens. What does that mean?

    by Adam Frank, Los Angeles Times Nov 03, 2023 3 minutes
    Captured in infrared light by NASA's new James Webb Space Telescope, this image reveals for the first time previously invisible areas of star birth.

    Are we alone? Is life around us a cosmic accident that only happened once on this lonely planet, making human beings the only technological civilization anywhere? Or is the universe teeming with life, and perhaps even intelligence and self-awareness?

    These questions have haunted humanity for millennia. Science is now poised to take a fantastic leap forward in answering them.

    Over the next few decades, we will finally gain hard data that will help us answer our questions about alien life. But as we come ever closer to that milestone,

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