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What Would Aliens Look Like? http://ift.tt/2gjETuA As the absurdity on our home planet grows, so does humanity’s curiosity about life beyond 1 AU. Of course, wildly speculating about aliens is nothing new: it’s been fueling many facets of science fiction for years. But recently-proposed missions to“Ocean worlds” that could harbor microbial life make the search for extraterrestrials less tinfoil hat-like and a bit more tangible. If we did find alien life, it would be the biggest discovery in human history. Most sci-fi tells us this will likely end poorly, but some of us choose to believe otherwise. If we keep an open mind and speculate wildly, some pretty interesting questions arise—most obviously, what the hell would aliens look like? Advertisement In this week’s Giz Asks, we spoke to astrobiologists about what extraterrestrial life might look like if we ever find it. Hopefully it’s more Arrival than Signs, but ultimately, I’m rooting for space capybaras.
Seth ShostakSenior astronomer at the SETI (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence) Institute
Caitlin AhrensAstronomer, physicist, and PhD candidate in Space and Planetary Sciences at the University of Arkansas
Doug VakochPresident of METI International, which focuses on seeking out radio signals from intelligent extraterrestrial life
Rocco ManicelliAstrobiologist at NASA
Do you have a question for Giz Asks? Email us at tipbox@gizmodo.com. Digital Trends via Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com August 28, 2017 at 09:03AM
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