Plusieurs missions cette année sont à la recherche de la vie sur la planète rouge. Mais reconnaîtrions-nous les extraterrestres si nous les trouvions ? Car la vraie question à laquelle se heurtent tous les exobiologistes est celle de la définition de la vie. On ne peut chercher quelque chose si
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Gathered in Paris by METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), scientists from around the world have been studying the question of extraterrestrials at the Cité des Sciences in Paris. The aim of this symposium was to discuss the strategy to be adopted to send messages to hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations. Even if it feeds fantasies
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Ever since the first human beings looked up to the sky, they have wondered if they were alone in the universe. This recurring question of humanity may find a definitive answer. Having launched dozens of missions over the past decades to explore our solar system and beyond,
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While buried in the archives of a museum in Missouri, an article on the search for extraterrestrial life came out of the shadows 78 years after it was written. Its unlikely author is none other than the famous British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who wrote it on the eve of the second World War.
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Les films hollywoodiens et la littérature de science-fiction alimentent la croyance que les extraterrestres sont des êtres d’un autre monde, ressemblant à des monstres, qui sont très différents des humains. Mais de nouvelles recherches vont à l’encontre de nos idées reçues ou de nos fantasmes et suggèrent que nous pourrions
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