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The Heat Is Out There: Tracking the Warmth of Alien Technology
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has largely operated on a single, fragile assumption: that if advanced aliens are out there, they want to talk…
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Astronomers Discover Invisible Magnetic “Shields” Protecting Scorched Alien Worlds
They were investigating winds on extrasolar worlds but found something else. In a major leap forward for exoplanetary science, an international team of astronomers has…
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Shifting Gears for America’s Next Moonshot
The Boeing-built Core Stage 3 (CS3) serves as the literal backbone of the entire Space Launch System (SLS), as it is designed to support the…
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Ultimate Cosmic Engines Hide Terrifying Secrets
We’re used to thinking of Black Holes as cosmic vacuums—invisible voids that just trap light and devour everything. But the most powerful monsters in our…
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Triple Triple Little Star: Rare Triply-Eclipsing Triple Star System Discovered
It may be a cosmic double-triple as astronomers have just announced the discovery of a peculiar stellar trio exhibiting triple-eclipses, consisting of a binary star…
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AI in Astronomy? Machine Learning to Help Us Find and Explore Star Clusters
In the era of growing exploitation of AI, astronomy can truly benefit from it too. A Brazilian astronomer proposes a multiple machine learning method (MMLM)…
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NASA Releases a Stunning Cosmic Map Packed With Potential Alien Worlds
NASA has just published the most complete view yet of the night sky captured by its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), unveiling a dazzling cosmic…
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ALMA’s Record-Breaking Image Reveals a Galactic Nightmare
For decades, the center of our Milky Way galaxy has remained hidden behind thick clouds of dust — a dark, violent region that only a…
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How to Find Urban Micrometeorites
They are the oldest solid matter in existence and have travelled farther than anything else. They form the building blocks of galaxies, planets, and even…
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Piercing the Darkness: NICER and AstroSat Reveal the Secrets of an Ultra-Compact Cosmic Ghost
In the vast expanse of the cosmos, some of the most extreme physics occurs in complete obscurity. Among these hidden giants are low-mass X-ray binaries…
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