AaS! 160: What's the Best Way to Search for Life?
Ask a Spaceman!21 Sep 2021

AaS! 160: What's the Best Way to Search for Life?

What kind of signals are we searching for from aliens? What are technosignatures and biosignatures? How are we looking for non-intelligent life? Is there any hope of finding life in our own solar system? I discuss these questions and more in today's Ask a Spaceman!

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