SETI Institute gets $200 million to seek out evidence of alien life
Researchers are taking seriously the idea that our first evidence of life elsewhere in the cosmos may come in the form of alien technology. …
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Detecting alien life might be easier if we hunt for ‘Jurassic worlds.’ Here’s why
Read more: Detecting alien life might be easier if we hunt for ‘Jurassic worlds.’ Here’s why“If they’re out there, this analysis lets us figure out where they could be living.”
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NASA’s exoplanet-hunting telescope spies 8 ‘super-Earths’
Read more: NASA’s exoplanet-hunting telescope spies 8 ‘super-Earths’Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have identified eight new super-Earths that orbit close to their host stars. …
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7 scorching-hot exoplanets discovered circling the same star
Read more: 7 scorching-hot exoplanets discovered circling the same starNASA’s Kepler Space Telescope spotted a seven exoplanet system with worlds being battered by radiation from their parent sun-like star just before its retirement in 2018. …
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Bullying Jupiter-like planets may push ‘alien Earths’ away from life-friendly orbits
Read more: Bullying Jupiter-like planets may push ‘alien Earths’ away from life-friendly orbitsPlanets like Earth shouldn’t get too close to their bigger, bullying neighbors. Jupiter-size worlds can wreck life-friendly conditions on their smaller neighbors. …
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Nailing down exoplanet orbits could be key to finding ET. Here’s why
Read more: Nailing down exoplanet orbits could be key to finding ET. Here’s whyA better understanding of exoplanet orbits is helping SETI astronomers reduce their computational costs and conduct their search for intelligent aliens faster. …
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Dwarf planet Ceres could be a great place to hunt for alien life. Here’s why
Read more: Dwarf planet Ceres could be a great place to hunt for alien life. Here’s whyAsteroid impacts on dwarf planet Ceres influenced the presence of organic aliphatic molecules, according to new research. …
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Jupiter-like exoplanets reveal our solar system may not be so unique after all
Read more: Jupiter-like exoplanets reveal our solar system may not be so unique after allA new analysis shows Jupiter-like planets likely exist around young, moving stars — suggesting our solar system formed from a quiet, low-density environment. …
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1st evidence of giant exoplanet collision afterglow explains unusual eclipse
Read more: 1st evidence of giant exoplanet collision afterglow explains unusual eclipseAstronomers have observed two super-Earths colliding in a faraway system for the first time, suggesting such violent impacts are not limited to very young cosmic neighborhoods. …
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How James Webb Space Telescope’s studies of TRAPPIST-1 flares could aid the search for alien life
Read more: How James Webb Space Telescope’s studies of TRAPPIST-1 flares could aid the search for alien lifeThe James Webb Space Telescope scrutinized four powerful flares from the red dwarf star at the heart of the TRAPPIST-1 system, decrypting them in a way that could help the search for alien life. …
