You are here. That’s been established, but it does little to answer a increasingly pressing question: Where are they? We’ve listened, we’ve watched, we’ve sent rovers to Mars and launched a camera-equipped spaceship on a three billion mile journey to give Pluto its closeup. And still, zilch. In Quartz, Tim Urban asks the question and provides some very interesting explanations: Where are all the aliens? “There should be at least 1,000 Type III Civilizations in our galaxy alone — and given the power of such a civilization, their presence would likely be pretty noticeable. And yet, we see nothing, hear nothing, and we’re visited by no one.” (Maybe they read our web comments and decided to just keep moving along.)

+ With big name scientists like Stephen Hawking supporting the effort, Russian tech investor (and physicist) Yuri Milner is about to bet $100 million that we are not alone in the universe.