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A notional Dyson sphere – Grok via Astrobiology.com We search for galaxy-scale (Dysonian) waste heat in the mid-infrared using WISE. Starting from the 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS), we cross-match to

Top – the total planetary flux as measured in flux units for cloud-free planetary atmospheres. Bottom – the percent contribution of reflected light to the total flux as a function

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Relative energies (including zero-point energy, ZPE, corrections) plotted as a function of the total dipole moment for the targeted C3H6O2 isomers, computed at the B2PLYPD3/aug-cc-pVTZ level of theory (Grimme et

HCN and millimeter dust continuum emission from the disc of HD 163296 as observed with ALMA. The left panel shows the absolute peak intensity of HCN J = 3 →

Backdropped by a blue and white part of Earth, the International Space Station is seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation. S128-E-010004 (8 Sept.

A decision tree strategy for characterizing Earth-like exoplanets (Young et al. 2024). This tree indicates which gasses to observe, and in which order, to detect the biosignatures of Earth through

Hydrodynamic models of the τ Ceti astrosphere, assuming stellar mass loss rates of M˙= 0.03 M˙⊙ (left) and M˙= 0.1 M˙⊙ (right). The top panels show neutral H density and

a Estimated NH3 production rate as a function of Venusian altitude (48 to 85 km) formed by different S0 allotropes, calculated using two established aerosol and vapor models constrained by Venusian