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Johannes Kepler, not Newton or Einstein, is science’s best role model

For a great many people in the world, the hardest words to say are simply these three: “I was wrong.” It’s as though simply admitting you were mistaken about something — even though the only way we learn is by making an attempt, often resulting in a sub-optimal outcome, especially when you’re doing it for the first time or with incomplete…

Alien Signals May Hide in Unexplored High Radio Frequencies

Confirming the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence via radio signals, also called technosignatures, is the cornerstone of radio astronomy. While humanity has been asking since time immemorial whether or not we’re alone in the universe, radio astronomers are at the frontlines trying to tirelessly answer this longstanding question.

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