This illustration shows a star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk. A new study uses data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and four ground-based telescopes to determine the distance from a
This illustration shows a star surrounded by a protoplanetary disk. A new study uses data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and four ground-based telescopes to determine the distance from a
Optical SETI – Grok via Astrobiology.com The searches for other life and for intelligence are fundamental problems that science faces today. Most searches so far have been focused on radio,
Outgoing longwave radiation of six potentially visible hemispheres of the planet. Teegarden’s Star is one of the most promising targets for the first observations of LIFE, as a non-transiting
Final semi-major axes of satellites versus their initial orbital distance (in Hill radii) for TRAPPIST-1 e. — astro-ph.EP We investigate the dynamical stability of potential satellites orbiting the seven planets
Cassini Views Enceladus Up-Close — NASA source Saturn’s ice-covered moon Enceladus may host a subsurface ocean with biologically relevant chemistry. Plumes released from this ocean preserve information on its chemical
The distribution of the ∼ 74 million hits from this survey across drift rate. Note the peak of hits around 0 Hz/s (expected because most RFI transmitters are in the
With the International Space Station (ISS) set to retire in 2030, several nations and commercial space companies have plans to deploy their own successor stations. This includes China, which plans
In this episode of Space Minds, host David Ariosto speaks with Juan Alonso — CTO and Co-founder of Luminary Cloud and professor at Stanford University — about the
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged the largest protoplanetary disk ever observed circling a young star. For the first time in visible light, Hubble has revealed the disk
More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like modern-day Death Valley evaporated under the sun’s gentle heat,






