"This is a novel way to detect extraterrestrial intelligence … I did not actually find aliens, I want to make that very clear," said Christina Vides, a physics senior.
Vides conducted her research while on a program at Stanford University for two consecutive summers, in 2017 and 2018.
The premise of her study: If an exoplanet, or extraterrestrial, civilization transmitted a beam of laser light and directly aimed it at Earth, could the Gemini Planet Imager detect it. The imager is a dedicated planet-finding instrument on the Gemini South Telescope in Chile. Vides communicated her calculations to scientists in Chile, operators of the telescope, who handled remote sensing.
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Mars Bugs and Intelligent Design — On a Collision Course? | Evolution News
Professor Romoser also uploaded his research poster to the website ResearchGate. When I checked it this week, it had enjoyed over 46,000 "reads" and a "research index" of 149.3, which is higher than 99 percent of research items on ResearchGate . Scholars from countless fields post their work there. Impressed? Not so fast!
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Wisdom calls for careful examination of scientific claims before pondering larger implications. But Professor James McGrath took the bug bait and ran with it.
Fireballs: mail from space | EurekAlert! Science News
IMAGE: Maria Gritsevich hopes that more meteorites will be consciously discovered in the future than now because they are free samples from the space. We should go and to empty the... view more
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There is not enough time for more close study of all fireballs observed in the sky. The observation of a bright phenomenon reveals that a meteoroid has entered the atmosphere from space, but does any part of it end up on Earth? Only those with the survived terminal mass will reach the earth, but unfortunately many of them remain undiscovered.
Currents: Bob King, author, photographer and skywater - StarTribune.com
Bob King, author and dark skies-watcher, was a photo editor and photographer for the Duluth News Tribune. He retired in 2018. King writes a popular stargazing blog, Astro Bob ( astrobob.areavoices.com ) and has a new book, “Urban Legends From Space: The Biggest Myths about Space — Demystified.”
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I enjoy astronomer Phil Plait’s blog “ Bad Astronomy .” He writes with equal measures of depth and wit on all things astronomical. I also pay close attention to approaching asteroids and all news about new meteorite falls and discoveries. As well, I try to learn all I can about ways to reduce light pollution by studying examples of what other cities have done.
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Missing stars could point to alien civilizations, scientists say - CNET
A star visible in an old image (left, seen as the bright source at the center of the square) has disappeared in a later image.
On March 16, 1950, astronomers at the US Naval Observatory pointed a telescope roughly in the direction of the constellation Lupus the wolf and took a picture. When scientists look at that same patch of sky today, something is missing, and it could be evidence of something else lurking out there.
Back in 2016, researchers in Sweden reported that a star had been lost. One of the roiling distant suns visible in that USNO image from the previous century could no longer be seen, even with the more advanced and sensitive digital sky surveys in use today.
US removes fictional country Wakanda from list of country's free trade partners | Euronews
Wakanda, the fictional home of Marvel superhero Black Panther, was listed as one of the US' free trade partners on a government website.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) had the made-up East African nation on a drop-down menu until this Wednesday.
The gaffe was spotted by Francis Tseng, a fellow at the Jain Family Institute, who posted a screenshot on Twitter.
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Tseng reported later that the listing had been removed from the USDA's list, writing "guess we're in a trade war with them too".
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