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If and when SETI discovers alien life, a revised Declaration of Principles guarantees once the discovery has been verified, ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has updated its guidelines, requiring verification and UN consultation before ...

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The SETI Institute is the latest to confirm what scientists have long suspected: the interstellar 3I/ATLAS comet is not an ...

The International Academy of Astronautics has just voted to accept a major overhaul of the scientific code of conduct for ...