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The great filter is the idea that some catastrophic barrier wipes out nearly every civilization before it can reach the stars ...

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It was around 1950. UFO mania had recently ramped up across the world, with dozens of reported sightings of strange flying machines fueling rampant speculation regarding their origins. The eminent ...

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In a new, non-peer-reviewed paper, a scientist from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) brings together an eclectic team of researchers to examine the biggest existential threats to humanity and ...

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As humans continue to search for life in space, some experts speculate the so-called Great Filter theory lies behind why nobody is responding to our call. Civilisations likely destroy themselves ...

In our quest to understand our place in the cosmos, two important concepts often emerge: the Fermi Paradox and the Drake Equation. The Fermi Paradox underscores a contradiction between the high ...