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Stephen Hawking's new documentary premiered Sunday night on the Discovery Channel. In it, he claimed that intelligent alien life almost certainly exists and that the search for it is valuable. He also suggested that the potential threats posed by contact with alien intelligence should discourage us from actively sending out messages to the cosmos.

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The search for life in outer spaceupdated: Tue Apr 20 2010 16:51:00

SETI Institute's Jill Tarter and her team listen for patterns that may be a sign of intelligence out in space.

Slide shows, 'pencasts' becoming more funupdated: Thu Apr 16 2009 15:37:00

Lectures, slide shows and notes are often boring, but people are using technology to find entertainment in these unlikely places.

In search of aliensupdated: Wed Nov 26 2008 12:02:00

Miles O'Brien explores the possibility of intelligent life beyond Earth.

Probing the cosmos: Is anybody out there?updated: Wed Nov 26 2008 12:02:00

From a remote valley in Northern California, Jill Tarter is listening to the universe.

Scientist probes outer space for aliensupdated: Thu Apr 15 2004 16:08:00

For more than a quarter century, researcher Jill Tarter has sought to solve a mystery that has long intrigued scientists and science-fiction buffs: Are we alone in the universe?

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