exoplanets
06/12/2023 - 14:30
The creation of our own solar system was a violent process. As planets were forming some crashed into each other, disturbing orbits and... →
01/04/2018 - 16:43
Bruno said the universe has no center, and stars are suns, surrounded by planets and moons. Remarkably, he thus outlined large-scale... →
13/12/2016 - 12:35
So, if aliens out there were trying to find us, what would they be looking for, exactly? How could they tell if there was life on Earth?... →
08/12/2016 - 12:34
As a research astrophysicist, I can say without exaggeration that a day never goes by when I am not impressed by the amazing explanatory... →
19/11/2015 - 18:18
Desert and mountaintop testing
Small-scale versions of starshades have undergone nighttime desert testing in Nevada and California and,... →
22/10/2015 - 13:39
The researchers found that — while star formation has slowed down overall, and the Milky Way is running out of star-forming gas — most... →
02/01/2015 - 15:04
In the past 50 years we’ve gone from imagining alien life as a near certainty to something far more unknown, more precious. This scientific... →
10/10/2014 - 21:17
What about life on Mars? Or any other planet?
Other experts favour the idea of setting up home on firmer ground – a planet or moon –... →