The Legendary Frank Drake Shaped the Search for Alien Life
Frank Drake, a leading figure in planetary astronomy and astrobiology who inspired the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, or SETI, died Friday,…
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Scientists Explore if the Mysterious ‘Wow!’ Signal in 1977 Come From a Sun-Like Star 1,800…
On August 15, 1977, a mysterious 'Wow!' signal had briefly blared through a radio telescope that lasted for 72 seconds. Now, almost half a century later,…
‘Wow!’ Signal in 1977 May Have Come From Star 1,800 Light-Years Away
On August 15, 1977, a mysterious 'Wow!' signal had briefly blared through a radio telescope that lasted for 72 seconds. Now, almost half a century later,…
SETI gets a laser update to help seek out alien life among the stars
Alien civilizations might be using lasers to communicate across vast distances, and now we might be able to finally hear what they have to say.LaserSETI,…
A Strange Radio Signal Was Just From Earth, Not Aliens
Last fall, a colleague of Sofia Sheikh’s posted a message in her group’s Slack channel, where members of the Breakthrough Listen Search for Extraterrestrial…
Volcanoes Might Explain That Phosphine on Venus
Venus is often called Earth’s sister planet, a neighboring twin of similar density and size. But the resemblance stops there. As the hottest planet in our…
This Is How Aliens Might Search for Human Life
In the search for extraterrestrial life, we’re usually the ones doing the snooping. But Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, wanted to…