Lights of alien worlds
Since the search for extraterrestrial intelligence started, scientists have been “listening” to stars, looking for artificial radio emissions from other […]
50 new planets in our neighbourhood
The list of other worlds has recently grown bigger: astronomers have announced that they have found 50 more exoplanets, orbiting […]
Tides… on a distant star
Massive exoplanets would induce huge tides on their parent stars when they orbit them at a close distance. Astronomers now […]
Habitability within our Galaxy – Could complex life exist elsewhere?
A team of researchers has presented a new model of habitability within the Milky Way. According to their calculations, more […]
A strange new planetary system
Astronomers have observed an anomaly in the eclipses of a binary star system. They suggest this could be due to […]