Astronomers behind the study have said the planet "brings us one step closer to knowing all of our neighbors and, ultimately" which other planets may be hospitable for life.
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A polarizing Harvard astronomer has been appointed to lead a White House panel studying UFOs. Avi Loeb is leading a new Science Advisory Council tasked with finding the origin of unidentified objects spotted by military pilots and others.
Astronomers have recently started looking for black holes bigger than galaxies. Brian Lacki explains how these "stupendously large black holes" might be used by alien civilisations, and what makes them such an intriguing possibility ...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has an ancient age, but not for the reason most commonly touted. These three lines of evidence are farContinue reading on Starts With A Bang! »
AI is spotting patterns in fresh and old data with surprisingly little computing power ...
A new AI-powered framework could transform how astronomers measure the expansion of the Universe. By analyzing images of Type Ia supernovae and modeling their environments in unprecedented detail, researchers can estimate cosmic distances with near . ...
Game Boy Camera Takes Over Mount Wilson's Giant Observatory Telescope, Captures Jupiter and the Moon
Chris Graue has a track record of pairing forgotten game hardware with actual camera gear. A Super Nintendo on a tripod came first. His latest project pushed the idea much harder by bolting a 1998 Game Boy Camera onto the 60-inch telescope at Mount . ...
NASA is launching an autonomous robotic spacecraft, dubbed "Link," to give its aging Swift observatory a boost and prolong its life.
Globular clusters are some of the most ancient cosmic relics that still survive in our Milky Way today. Famed Terzan 5 isn't one of them.Continue reading on Starts With A Bang! »
An astronomer explains why artificial black holes are pure science fiction - at least for now.