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Phil Lord and Christopher Miller turn Bay Area author Andy Weir's novel "Project Hail Mary" into a terrific science fiction ...

New SETI research suggests space weather like solar winds could be interfering with alien radio signals, making them harder to detect.

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Turbulent plasma near distant stars could blur ultra-narrow signals before they leave their home star systems - making them difficult to detect.

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