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The NASA SEEC Technosignature Seminar Series is an online scientific forum dedicated to the search for evidence of advanced civilizations beyond Earth. Hosted by NASA Goddard’s Sellers...

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Where is the best place for life in the Universe?

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#Survival of life #Milky Way #Life in Universe #Habitable zone

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Interstellar ice could produce precursors to DNA and RNA chemistry

October 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM

#Ryugu #Pyridine #Prebiotic chemistry #Bennu

Exocomets may be delivering water through a young planetary system

September 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM

#Water transporting in space #PDS 70 #Exocomets #Exochemistry

Photo by ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Benisty et al.

Possible exosatellite detected around a brown dwarf

September 17, 2026 at 11:16 AM

#VLT #Exosatellite #CD-35 2722 B #Brown dwarfs

Photo by ESO/M. Kornmesser

Lunar soil could preserve microscopic traces of ancient alien technology

September 13, 2026 at 11:50 AM

#Technosignatures #Moon #Lunar soil

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