If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson Contemporary

Astrophysicist, science communicator

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Interview with The Guardian

Date / Period

2008

Category

Strange & Unusual

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/may/01/nasa.alienlife

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