The latest hunt for alien signals in the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system has test-driven a new strategy that will allow astronomers to perform a more efficient, targeted search for technological ...
The hunt for intelligent life beyond Earth has quietly entered a more exacting phase, and one small, cool star has become a proving ground for how serious that search can be. TRAPPIST-1, a dim red ...
Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these “stupendously ...
TRAPPIST-1 is a red dwarf star located about 40 light years away that hosts seven Earth-sized rocky planets, with at least three orbiting in the habitable zone where liquid water could potentially ...
It is not at all a given that aliens are far away. Alien probes might be surveilling us closely right now from within our own solar system, deciding whether to open a channel of communication with ...
MIT astrobiologists have an ambitious new plan to expand the search for life -- but they could expand it too far. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share on ...
Astronomers hunting alien signals say turbulent stellar plasma around distant worlds may be scrambling extraterrestrial ...
In this excerpt from his new book, John Gertz argues it’s time to ditch SETI’s old dogmas and rethink how we prepare for first contact. Reading time 6 minutes Editor’s note: The following is an ...
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