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‘Dyson spheres’ were theorized as a way to detect alien life. Scientists say they’ve found potential...
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoNew research suggests stars in the Milky Way give off infrared heat expected from Dyson spheres,...
Watery planets orbiting dead stars may be good candidates for studying life -- if they can survive...
Science Daily· 1 day agoA new study of the dynamics of white dwarf systems suggests that, in theory, some watery planets may indeed thread the celestial needles necessary to await discovery and closer ...
Coming in Hot — NASA's Chandra Checks Habitability of Exoplanets - NASA
NASA· 2 days agoThe yellow star at the center of this diagram represents the position of the Sun. The concentric...
The 2024 Kavli Prize Awarded In Astrophysics, Nanoscience & Neuroscience
Forbes· 1 day agoThe Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has announced the 2024 Kavli Prize Laureates in the...
Life Beyond Earth: Webb’s Spectroscopic Hunt for Earth-Like Planets
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoThe James Webb Space Telescope is actively researching small, potentially habitable exoplanets,...
Goodbye Vulcan: Real-life Star Trek exoplanet doesn’t exist
EarthSky· 5 days agoHD 26965 b, also nicknamed Vulcan after the famous planet in the Star Trek franchise, was thought to...
NASA: Even the James Webb Space Telescope Will Struggle to Spot Habitable Planets
ExtremeTech· 3 days agoHardly a week goes by anymore that we don't hear about a new and potentially habitable exoplanet. Invariably, the study authors suggest that the James Webb Space Telescope ...
What could aliens look like?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLike some corals, these organisms might have proteins or pigments that can absorb some of the UV light's energy, which would then make them glow in a...
Phoenix exoplanet’s puffy atmosphere survives red giant star
EarthSky· 5 days agoAstronomers have discovered a new “hot Neptune” exoplanet, using the TESS space telescope and W.M....
Does another Earth exist? With 26 cameras and 2,000MP, Plato the planet hunter will find out
Digital Camera World via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPlato's Instrument System Engineer, Yves Levillain said: "Away from the Sun’s brightness we expect...