Self-replicating probes could be operating right now in the solar system; here's how we could look for them

In 1949, famed mathematician and physicist John von Neumann delivered a series of addresses at the University of Illinois, ...

Alien Probes Might Be Hiding in Plain Sight, Says Scientist

I believe extraterrestrial intelligence (in AI form) could be concealed under the lunar surface," Alex Ellery told Newsweek.
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Ten Times Faster Solar System Exploration With Laser Accelerated Micro Pellets

A near term laser ablation of micropellets can be made to rapidly accelerate one ton space probes to reach Pluto in one year. The NASA New Horizons launched in 2006 took 9.5 years to reach Pluto and ...
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Institute for the Science of Exploration Targets selected as member of NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute

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NASA’s New Horizons to Continue Exploring Outer Solar System

NASA has announced an updated plan to continue New Horizons’ mission of exploration of the outer solar system. Beginning in fiscal year 2025, New Horizons will focus on gathering unique heliophysics ...

Alien probes may already be hiding in our Solar System and watching us, scientist says

A scientist says self replicating alien probes may already be hidden in the Solar System, possibly on the Moon, leaving ...
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50 years of solar system exploration historical perspectives edited by Linda Billings

Introduction: NASA's solar system exploration paradigm : the first fifty years and a look at the next fifty / James L. Green and Kristen J. Erickson -- Part I. Overview. Exploring the Solar System : ...