...grains and sequestered away. However, the lack of detections means a comprehensive picture of oxygen chemistry in different interstellar environments is still missing. Now, based on observations with the IRAM 30 metre telescope located in the Spanish...
... from planets or satellites in the Solar System or from exoplanets is negligibly small, unless we consider interplanetary or interstellar traveling of microorganisms.” So life could be out there, it’s just hidden beyond our view in a pocket of the...
... satisfactorily explained. For instance, the famous ‘Tabby's Star’ with its bizarre dimming behaviour; ‘Oumuamua’ - the interstellar object that passed near Earth in 2017; unexplained optical pulses that last mere nanoseconds; and stars...
.... Beyond a few hundred parsecs though and random fluctuations in the intensity of radio waves, a phenomena known as interstellar scintillation, is likely to cause problems with signals received on Earth, making it harder to discern the real thing...