Two of the United States’ top astronomers appeared before Congress this week, telling lawmakers that the chance of discovering life on other planets is nearly inevitable, and that it may happen within two decades.
According to ABC News, Dan Werthimer of the SETI Research Center at the University of California, Berkeley, called for more funding to be allocated to the search for extraterrestrial life, since he is “close to 100 percent” certain that primitive, microbial life exists elsewhere in the galaxy.
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