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== Experiments ==
In 1980s, astronomer [[Carl Sagan]] persuaded NASA to perform an experiment of detecting life and civilization on Earth using instruments of the ''[[Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo]]'' spacecraft. It was launched in December 1990, and when it was 960 km from the planets's surface, ''Galileo'' turned its instruments to observe Earth. Sagan's paper was titled "A search for life on Earth from the Galileo spacecraft"; "high-resolution images of Australia and Antarctica obtained as Galileo flew overhead did not yield signs of civilization"; other measurements showed the presence of vegetation and detected radio transmissions.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Witze |first1=Alexandra |title=How would we know whether there is life on Earth? This bold experiment found out |journal=Nature |date=16 October 2023 |volume=622 |issue=7983 |pages=451–452 |doi=10.1038/d41586-023-03230-z |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03230-z |access-date=22 October 2023 |language=en |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.ph/nVVIZ |archivedate=19 October 2023 }}</ref>
==See also==
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