Experts say a new Space Civilization is born every single day

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Interactive: In 2040 we will be much more likely to have discovered alien life--- or so suggest the numbers on page 85. The estimate was based upon how many stars we'll have searched for alien signals by then:roughly 10 million (up from a few thousand today). To chart the progress yourself, visit time.com/answersalienlife.

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