A look into your future outer planet science suggests what’s to come European Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) will give us our best chance of detecting nearby biosignatures in the next two decades rocky worlds orbiting other stars. Proxima Centauri b. That’s the conclusion of a new study that simulates what would be required to characterize… Read More »
Alien hunters should look for technological life on planets with high oxygen abundance in their atmospheres, according to new research that aims to advance the search for technosignatures from extraterrestrial civilizations. Amedeo Balbi, associate professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy, and Adam Frank, professor of physics and… Read More »
When it comes to detecting the presence of liquid water, and thus the conditions necessary for life, on planets outside the solar system, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may want to look for what is missing rather than what is there. Here’s what it means. A research team, including scientists from the Massachusetts Institute… Read More »
The Sun can make or break Mars.NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Mars experienced a sudden break in the cosmic order about a year ago. It was as if the red planet had briefly been transported to another solar system. Normally in our solar system, the sun constantly emits a stream of charged particles and magnetic fields… Read More »