"We say that Gliese 486 b will instantaneously become the Rosetta Stone of exoplanetology - at least for Earth-like planets," said astrophysicist and study co-author José Caballero of Centro de Astrobiología in Spain, referring to the ancient stone slab that helped experts decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs.
"The exoplanet must have the right physical and orbital configuration to be suitable for atmospheric investigation," said planetary scientist Trifon Trifonov of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Germany, lead author of the research published in the journal Science.
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ICYMI: Crawfish Boil, Gas-Station Ban & Extraterrestrial Smog | Sierra Club
The first Supreme Court decision led by new justice Amy Coney Barrett rules against the Sierra Club , saying that the US Fish and Wildlife Service does not need to disclose the draft biological opinions it uses when changing rules affecting endangered species.
The Bureau of Land Management rescinds grazing permits for Dwight and Steven Hammond, the father and son Oregon ranchers whose previous strife with the BLM led to the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by right-wing militias.
‘Space hurricane’ spotted in Earth’s upper atmosphere
While a “space hurricane” hovering over the Earth may sound like the plot of a sci-fi movie, it is a real phenomenon that was recently confirmed for the first time in our upper atmosphere.
A recent study published in Nature Communications outlined the extraterrestrial incident, which took place over the North Pole.
The cyclone-like auroral spot rotated counterclockwise in the northern polar ionosphere. With a quiet center and multiple arms, the spot had a diameter of over 621 miles and “rained” electrons over the Earth for almost eight hours, shared researchers.
Researcher helps find largest supernova remnant by looking in right place | Mirage News
An international team of researchers, using powerful new X-ray telescope eROSITA to conduct the first all-sky X-ray survey in 25 years, have detected the largest supernova remnant ever discovered with X-rays, dubbed Hoinga.
Astrophysicist Dr Natasha Hurley-Walker, from the Curtin University node of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) worked with Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL) to form a collaboration with the international team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics and the National Institute for Astrophysics.
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Harvard Professor Alien Claims a Disservice to Science | Newsroom
Back in 2019 he was telling the Guardian that fast radio bursts - jets of radio signals emitted from halfway across the Universe - could originate from aliens. It is an enticing idea, and if the Chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy of the National Academies makes such a claim, surely it must be backed by very strong evidence and be representative of a significant portion of the astrophysics community. This could not be further from the truth.
Most recently, Loeb has come out with a book arguing that Oumuamua, an interstellar asteroid that visited our solar system three years ago, is in fact a piece of extra-terrestrial technology. The issue with Oumuamua is that its trajectory, shape and composition are puzzling to scientists; to cut a long story short, we cannot fully explain how it travelled between star systems and ended up here looking like a pancake (or cigar, depending on who you believe).
Amari receives Urey Award for career in cosmochemistry | The Source | Washington University in St.
Sachiko Amari , research professor of physics in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, received the H. C. Urey Award from the European Association of Geochemistry for outstanding contributions advancing geochemistry over a career.
Amari has made groundbreaking and fundamental contributions to cosmochemistry, especially to the study of carbonaceous presolar grains and noble gases in meteorites. Her work has provided key new insights into the stellar nuclear processes responsible for the synthesis of the chemical elements and into the still-mysterious nature of the primary carrier of noble gases in the earliest building blocks of planets.
Debris of stellar explosion found at unusual location | Mirage News
In the first all-sky survey by the eROSITA X-ray telescope onboard SRG, astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics have identified a previously unknown supernova remnant, dubbed “Hoinga”. The finding was confirmed in archival radio data and marks the first discovery of a joint Australian-eROSITA partnership established to explore our Galaxy using multiple wavelengths, from low-frequency radio waves to energetic X-rays.
Composite X-ray and radio image of Hoinga (see also Fig.2 and Fig.3). The X-rays discovered by eROSITA are emitted by the hot debris of the exploded progenitor, whereas the radio antennae detect synchrotron emission from relativistic electrons, which are decelerated at the outer remnant layer.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence | Voice of America - English
Ever since our ancient ancestors gazed into the night skies to look at stars, and other celestial objects, humans have wondered if we are alone in the cosmos. Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute joins Rick Pantaleo on the Science Edition of Press Conference USA to talk about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Alien 'super-Earth' may offer clues about atmospheres on distant worlds https://t.co/FHOsOlSzsT https://t.co/O9zqDOzF39 Reuters (from Around the world) Thu Mar 04 23:45:04 +0000 2021
Scientists have spotted a planet that may offer a prime opportunity to study the atmosphere of a rocky Earth-like a… https://t.co/L5qDTjeNIM SkyNews (from London, UK) Sat Mar 06 14:30:00 +0000 2021
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