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For as long as humans have looked up at the night sky, we've wondered who, or what, might be looking back. From ancient myths about gods descending from the heavens to 20th-century UFO sightings and ...

My favorite book is Ring World. I like the vivid descriptions of the technology and aliens. But I also think it has a great story line. It is a grand concept. If I had to pick just one alien book as ...

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When Neil deGrasse Tyson was 9 years old, he visited the Hayden Planetarium for the first time. Growing up gazing into light pollution in the Bronx, he had no idea there were that many stars. “I was ...