During a visit to the remote facility, Liu Cixin , China’s acclaimed science fiction writer and winner of the Hugo Award for his novel “The Three Body Problem”, observed: "Perhaps in ten thousand years, the starry sky that humankind gazes upon will remain empty and silent. But perhaps tomorrow we'll wake up and find an alien spaceship the size of the Moon parked in orbit."
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The Chinese observatory's massive dish will collect radio waves from an area twice the size of the next-largest single-dish telescope, the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico means that it can detect extremely faint radio-wave whispers from an array of sources across the universe, reports Elizabeth Gibney in Nature , helping in the hunt for gravitational waves and probe still-mysterious fleeting blasts of radiation known as fast radio bursts.
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UFO sighting: Navy pilot breaks silence after seeing physics-defying aircraft | Science | News |
Headlines were made across the globe in 2017 when US Navy radar footage of a mystery object with “glowing aura” and flying erratically was leaked to the public. Debate over UFOs reached fever pitch when the footage emerged of what some called an extraterrestrial craft. One particular instance details footage from a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, a twin-engined fighter, showing an unidentified aircraft surrounded by a glowing aura.
The object travelled at a high speed and rotated as it moved - the pilots onboard are captured as saying “there’s a whole fleet of them”.
Aliens Waiting For The Right Time To Visit Earth, New Study Claims
Aliens might be following a strategic plan when it comes to visiting and contacting Earth, a new study suggests. According to the authors of the study, it is possible that the aliens are waiting for Earth to get closer to their home planet before initiating contact.
The new study, which was published in the Astrophysical Journal , serves as a response to the Fermi Paradox, a concept presented by physicist Enrico Fermi regarding the existence of extraterrestrial intelligence.
A Christmas radio drama by Kurt Andersen.
Kurt Andersen's version of a Christmas story doesn't have your typical talking snowman or mistletoe. Instead, this holiday tale involves extraterrestrial surveillance and melting polar ice caps.
"Human Intelligence" was produced for radio by Jonathan Mitchell, and stars Melanie Hoopes, John Ottavino and Ed Herbstman. The unabridged version was published in " Stories: All New Tales ," an anthology edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio.
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Houston's Outer Space Party Tests the Limits of Fundraising for Sculpture Month | PaperCity
Edwardo Portillo, chair Jane Eifler, Meg Poissant, Loli Fernández-Andrade Kolber (Photo by Sage Hansen)
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Caroline Graham, Diane Gregory, Jeanne Haner, Florent Porcher, Chelsea Sallans (Photo by Sage Hansen)
Where: SITE Gallery at Sawyer Yards
PC Moment: The raucous first fundraiser benefiting Sculpture Month Houston was an irreverent and fun-filled night inspired by everything outer space, extraterrestrial, Space City, retro green men-inspired costumes and more.
Weird 'Vanishing Stars' Could Potentially Be Aliens, Study Claims
A comparative analysis of historical and contemporary astronomical data has resulted in the discovery of approximately 100 star-like objects that unexpectedly vanished . These strange occurrences are likely natural, but scientists say alien technology is a remote possibility.
They start off as dim red dots in the night sky. But then they start to get brighter—anywhere from several to thousands of times brighter. And then they disappear, vanishing from sight in typically less than an hour.
Astronomers find exoplanets with the density of cotton candy
Astronomers have discovered a number of "super-puff" exoplanets in the Kepler 51 star system that are as dense as cotton candy.
Utilizing data from the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers found fewer than 15 of the planets that are almost as big as Jupiter but have extremely low density, at less than 100 times the gas giant’s mass or less than 0.1 grams per cubic centimeter of volume.
"They're very bizarre," said the study’s lead author, Jessica Libby-Roberts, in a statement.
People From 112 Countries Help Name Exoplanets, Stars - Geek.com
Exoplanets are like interstellar weeds—as soon as you identify one, another three pop up elsewhere.
So, with a growing list of extrasolar orbs to keep track of, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently turned to the public for help naming them .
The NameExoWorlds project collected suggestions from national campaigns across 112 countries, attracting 360,000 proposals by more than 780,000 people.
Another 420,000 voted on a shortlist of candidates, choosing one to represent each country. The complete list of approved names is available online .
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