Despite their cunning and intelligence, it’s highly unlikely that an octopus-like creature on some distant exoearth would ever evolve into a space-faring species.
The quest to discover extraterrestrial life has long captivated humanity's imagination, propelling us to explore the vast, unknown expanse of our universe.
Detected by the Hubble Space Telescope, GJ 9827d's water vapor could represent a breakthrough in understanding water-rich worlds elsewhere in the galaxy.
The researchers placed an underwater speaker in the sea and played a recorded humpback ''contact call'' to which a humpback whale named Twain approached and circled their boats.
In the same way that scientists have studied Antarctica for what insights could prove valuable for a Mars mission, the Whale-SETI group said its studies with humpback whales can help them develop “intelligence filters” used in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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SETI Institute scientists have collaborated with the University of California Davis and the Alaska Whale Foundation to understand terrestrial "non-human intelligence" communication systems with the help of humpback whale communication.