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    Are We Really Alone? The Search for Alien Life in the Universe

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    An advanced documentary that radically challenges the conventional view that humanity is uniquely alone in the universe. The film presents the latest discoveries supporting the assertion that life is widely distributed across the entire cosmos — from the discovery of "extremophile" organisms in extreme conditions on Earth, through the discovery of organic chemicals on distant comets, to the discovery of new exoplanets in the habitable zones of their parent stars on a daily basis throughout our home Milky Way galaxy and beyond.

    Original title

    האם אנחנו באמת לבד? החיפוש אחר חיים חוץ-ארציים ביקום

    סרט תיעודי מתקדם המאתגר באופן רדיקלי את התפיסה המקובלת כי האנושות לבד באופן ייחודי ביקום. הסרט מציג את הגילויים החדשים ביותר התומכים בטענה שהחיים מפוזרים באופן רחב ברחבי הקוסמוס כולו — מגילוי אורגניזמים "אקסטרמופיליים" בתנאים קיצוניים בכדור הארץ, דרך גילוי חומרים אורגניים על שביטים רחוקים, ועד גילוי כוכבי לכת חוץ-שמשיים חדשים באזורי החיים על בסיס יומי ברחבי גלקסיית שביל החלב.

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