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      Scientific American December 1999

      Is there Life Elsewhere in the Universe?

      The answer is: nobody knows. Scientists' search for life beyond Earth has been less thorough than commonly thought. But that is about to change

      • By Jill C. Tarter, Christopher F. Chyba

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