Sunday, 28 September 2025

Planets in close orbit around stars may be safe from dangerous flares

Added: 08.11.2021 22:20 | 136 views | 0 comments

Common M-dwarf stars seem to generate flares on their surface at latitudes above 55 degrees – so planets, which typically orbit near a star’s equatorial plane, might be safe from them

Tags: Genes , Mel B. , Planes

Source: www.newscientist.com

Solar sail spacecraft could be used to intercept interstellar objects

Added: 08.11.2021 22:20 | 144 views | 0 comments

We rarely get more than a fleeting look at interstellar objects that enter our solar system, but a new spacecraft design could be quick enough to intercept them before they leave

Source: www.newscientist.com

Lost in Space-Time newsletter: Will a twisted universe save cosmology?

Added: 08.11.2021 17:44 | 135 views | 0 comments

A forgotten idea of Albert Einstein’s might be the saviour of cosmology, plus the great man’s (vain) quest to undermine quantum weirdness and the question of why the universe looks “just right” for our existence

Tags: Alberta , Lost

Source: www.newscientist.com

Earth may have grown around a rock from an alien star system

Added: 08.11.2021 10:00 | 148 views | 0 comments

Interstellar objects like ‘Oumuamua might pass through our solar system in such high numbers that one could have acted as a seed around which Earth grew

Source: www.newscientist.com

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover tests new way to search for alien life

Added: 06.11.2021 20:08 | 163 views | 0 comments

The search for life on Mars requires complex chemical analysis, which the Curiosity rover has tested for the first time. It didn't find anything, but the technique could be used on other worlds

Tags: Chemicals , Fire , Mars , Seal , Seat

Source: www.newscientist.com

Promising radio signal isn’t aliens, just human-generated interference

Added: 05.11.2021 20:37 | 137 views | 0 comments

The Breakthrough Listen project detected radio waves that seemed to be the best candidate yet for an alien signal, but it turns out it was just human technology

Source: www.newscientist.com

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