Collaborate Disseminate
Two emerging technologies could be combined to produce a powerful infrared signal that could be spotted from distant planets, according to research in The Astrophysical Journal. Continue reading Aliens Might Notice Us if We Shot a Giant Laser at Them, Study Says
Unless you like radiation blasts to the face. Continue reading Proxima B May Not Be Such a Great Second Home For Humanity After All
As a space-faring species, we’ve done a fair job of exploring and exploiting our local neighborhood. We’re pretty good at putting people and machines into orbit, but our galactic-scale signature is pretty tiny. Our radio signals are no more than 100 light-years away, and our farthest physical artifact isn’t even a light-day away from us 40 years after it launched.
Clearly we need to do a better job of getting out there, and that’s the goal of Breakthrough Initiatives’ Starshot program, which aims to launch a nano-spacecraft to Alpha Centauri and get it there fast. The program aims to build …read more
Continue reading Credit Card Sized Spacecraft Poised to Sail to Alpha Centauri
Simulations suggest that the closest Earth-like exoplanet would be habitable under a far greater range of orbital and atmospheric conditions than previously assumed. Continue reading Simulations Predict a Hemisphere-Wide Thunderstorm on Proxima B
Simulations suggest that the closest Earth-like exoplanet would be habitable under a far greater range of orbital and atmospheric conditions than previously assumed. Continue reading Simulations Predict a Hemisphere-Wide Thunderstorm on Proxima B
Oceans on Proxima b could harbor life. Continue reading Our Closest Earthlike Planet Appears to Be Covered in Water
“The search for life on Proxima b comes next.” Continue reading The Sun’s Closest Neighbor Has Its Own Earth-Sized World