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How Little Lasers Might Light Our Way to Extraterrestrials

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We’ve been keeping our ears open for aliens for half a century. It’s time to use our eyes as well.

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For 62 years, scientists have pointed instruments toward outer space in hopes of finding some sign that we’re not alone in the universe. But those instruments always scanned just a tiny swath of sky for a short span of time, limited mainly to listening for stray radio waves and leaving...

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