intelligent life
noun
: beings that can learn and understand things
looking for signs of intelligent life on other planets
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In 1980, Earth is contacted by intelligent life lightyears away.
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Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
In an appearance at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, Steven Spielberg revealed his own feelings about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic clocks, the researchers say, particularly efforts to detect low-frequency gravitational waves and to search for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The astronomers are part of an international group called Breakthrough Listen who are hunting for intelligent life in the cosmos.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
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Shyla Watson, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
In an appearance at the SXSW Film & TV Festival, Steven Spielberg revealed his own feelings about intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
While imperceptible to humans, these tiny delays are significant for experiments that rely on pulsars as ultra-precise cosmic clocks, the researchers say, particularly efforts to detect low-frequency gravitational waves and to search for signs of intelligent life beyond Earth.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2026
The astronomers are part of an international group called Breakthrough Listen who are hunting for intelligent life in the cosmos.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Intelligent life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intelligent%20life. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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