Starring Intelligent Aliens
The most probable place to find intelligent life in the galaxy is around stars very similar to our sun, a new study has found.
The most probable place to find intelligent life in the galaxy is around stars very similar to our sun, a new study has found.
Astronomy
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Exoplanets are common in our galaxy, and some even orbit in the so-called habitable zone of their star. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has been busy observing a few of these small, potentially habitable planets, and astronomers ...
Space Exploration
Jun 5, 2024
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Planet Earth is situated in what astronomers call the Goldilocks Zone—a sweet spot in a solar system where a planet's surface temperature is neither too hot nor too cold. An ideal distance from a home star—in Earth's ...
Astronomy
Jul 20, 2015
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Long before the hunt began to find Earth lookalikes around other stars, one planet in the Solar System had already been named Earth's twin. With its similar size and mass, Venus measures very close to Earth, with one major ...
Astronomy
Apr 14, 2015
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Earth is about 29% land and 71% oceans. How significant is that mix for habitability? What does it tell us about exoplanet habitability?
Astrobiology
Nov 25, 2022
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While no one yet knows what's needed to build a habitable planet, it's clear that the interplay between the sun and Earth is crucial for making our planet livable - a balance between a sun that provides energy and a planet ...
Space Exploration
Apr 9, 2015
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It was a Friday afternoon, Aug. 31 of last year, that Eric Agol, a 42-year-old associate professor of astronomy at the University of Washington, looked at his computer screen and saw something astounding.
Astronomy
Apr 28, 2013
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We usually look for signs of life on planets like ours—but maybe we are looking in the wrong place
Astronomy
Jul 4, 2018
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Astrophysicists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to take a close look at a volatile star.
Astronomy
Oct 9, 2023
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Ancient Judeans commonly ate non-kosher fish surrounding the time that such food was prohibited in the Bible, suggests a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Tel Aviv.
Archaeology
May 25, 2021
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