18 August 2017
A new Earth-like planet may have been found as close as 16 light years away
.... The team's findings were published this week in The Astrophysical Journal. "According to our calculations, this hypothetical alien world would probably have a mass between 1 to 15 Earth's masses," said the lead author Suman Satyal, UTA...
23 May 2018
First permanent extrasolar asteroid found near Jupiter
... System shown to have an extrasolar origin. Late last year, the news was alight with reports that an alien visitor in the shape of a dark, organic coated, highly-elongated (around 400 metres long) rocky object was...
29 June 2018
All things asteroid: Who, What, Where and When
... late last year in November 2017. `Oumuamua, our planet’s first interstellar visitor shook up our idea of what an alien asteroid might look like. Its unusual shape caused a flurry of excitement, with some suggesting that the...
14 September 2018
AI helps find new pulses from mysterious FRB source
... this frequent flurry of radio flashes? Many theories abound, including of course that they could be a sign of alien technology from an advanced civilisation. Collecting information to study these mysterious signals is not a problem; the 5 hour...
19 November 2018
Kepler officially retires after receiving final "goodnight" commands
Its contributions in the search for alien worlds is unsurpassed, but last week, NASA said a final goodbye to its formidable first planet-hunting satellite ...
17 December 2018
Innovative mission to view the surface of exoplanets using small sats
.... But if the mission got the go ahead, then we Earthlings would get to see the first ever close-up of an alien world light years from our home. “It would be one of the most spectacular moments in human history, if we discovered...
