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A screen shot from Abel Méndez's lab note titled "Strange Signals from the Nearby Red Dwarf Star Ross 128."

Astronomers try to decipher ‘peculiar signals’ from nearby star Ross 128

July 18, 2017Science

The mystery has gripped the internet as speculation mounts about the potential for a discovery of alien life on the red dwarf star known as Ross 128 — despite the best attempts of astronomers to put such rumors to rest.

An artist’s rendering of the surface of exoplanet TRAPPIST-1.

The scientific community is still buzzing about discovery of seven Earth-sized exoplanets

March 3, 2017Science

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