Recently, the University of Sydney in Australia has signed a contract with EnduroSat, a major provider of micro-satellites and other space services, in order to explore the possibility of extraterrestrial life. The search will begin with our nearest neighbor star system, Alpha Centaury.  The mission is called TOLIMAN after the star’s ancient Arabic name and is funded by the Breakthrough Initiatives, an organization in California searching for other habitable worlds in the universe. The experts will look for planets in the habitable zone around two Sun-like stars in...