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How could a mysterious star help the search for extraterrestrial life?

It’s our galaxy’s strangest star, a flickering orb of light whose erratic and unpredictable output has baffled astronomers for years. But now the study of Boyajian’s star is being touted as a research model that could help one of the most intriguing of scientific investigations: the finding of intelligent life on other worlds. This is… Read More »

James Webb Space Telescope captures young planetary system by its dusty ‘cat tail’ (photo)

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has seen Beta Pictoris like never before, capturing a never-before-seen structure that gives the young planetary system a dusty cat tail. Located 63 light-years away from us, Beta Pictoris is a star about twice the size of the Sun and eight times brighter; It is surrounded by a disk… Read More »