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Advanced Intelligence If intelligent life is nearby, the most straightforward way to find earthlings would be to listen for us.
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Bad news for earthlings: Radiation is killing the helpful bacteria that unexpectedly stopped the rampaging alien army in its tracks.
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The mission is all about life on Mars: the possibility of finding ancient or modern microbial martians, and preparing for earthlings to visit in the future.
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And your precious Janet cannot save you now, earthlings.
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Hopefully, the astronauts can watch it shortly thereafter and avoid spoilers from us earthlings.
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But the earthlings in the story are very much the negative example, having fled to outer space after destroying their home planet.
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NASA solar physicist Alex Young said the last time earthlings had a connection like this to the heavens was during man’s first flight to the moon, on Apollo 8 in 1968.
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NASA solar physicist Alex Young said the last time earthlings had a connection like this to the heavens was during man’s first flight to the moon, on Apollo 8 in 1968.
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EARTHLING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of earthling for English Language Learners
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: a human being living on Earth
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