The Fermi Paradox: Where Are All the Aliens?
At a famous 1950 lunch among physicists, Enrico Fermi wondered, "Where are all the aliens?" How far have we come toward ...
Astronomers listened to the 'music' of flickering stars—and discovered an unexpected feature
The "music" of starquakes—enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many ...
'1 million to 1 billion years': NASA’s TESS telescope is decoding the age secrets of exoplanets
Comparing young and old exoplanets helps astronomers understand how planets form, evolve, and change over time.
Smithsonian Magazine6d
From Worlds That Look Like Cotton Candy to Others Covered in Volcanoes, These Are the Strangest and Most Captivating Exoplanets
Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most ...
University of Innsbruck13d
ESO milestone achieved: Deep insights into the universe
With METIS and MICADO, two instruments for what will be the largest optical telescope in the world, the Extremely Large ...
Indiatimes17d
A world of diamonds? NASA James Webb Space Telescope discovers a gem-rich planet five times larger than Earth
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered 55 Cancri e, a super-Earth located 41 light-years away. This planet, five times larger than Earth, has extreme temperatures reaching 2,400°C and ...
Australian Geographic18d
Outback telescope’s first image surpasses expectations
Less than one per cent of the world’s biggest radio telescope is complete – but its first image reveals a sky dotted with ancient galaxies. Part of the world’s biggest mega-science facility – the SKA ...
Smithsonian Magazine18d
Astronomers Find Four New Exoplanets Orbiting a Neighboring Star, the ‘White Whale’ of Planet Seekers
Despite its proximity, though, it’s too faint to see in the night sky without a telescope or strong binoculars. To find the tiny planets orbiting it, then, astronomers turned to a technique ...
ScienceAlert18d
Euclid's First Deep Fields Images Offer Glimpse Into 'Dark Universe'
The ESA's Euclid Space Telescope has already wowed us with some fantastic images. After launching in July 2023, the telescope delivered some stunning first images of the Perseus Cluster, the Horsehead ...