Alien
Across 10 Million Stars, Not a Single Whisper of Alien Technology
In a comprehensive search of a patch of the Southern sky, not even a hint of alien technology has been detected at low radio frequencies. Across at least 10 million stars that populate the Vela region – the deepest and widest survey for extraterrestrial intelligence yet – the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Australia found …
Forests ‘can take cover to resist alien invaders’
Image copyright M.Lavin/Flickr Image caption Invasive species, such as buckthorn, can cost millions of dollars to control Native woodlands can resist the spread of invasive species by blocking daylight reaching the forest floor, researchers have suggested. They found the amount of light available in the spring and the autumn was “critical” for buckthorn, an alien …
Looking for Signs of Alien Technology
The search for planets outside our own solar system has unearthed more than 4,000 of them so far. The challenge in finding planets is that astronomers aren’t looking for the biggest, brightest or most unusual objects in the sky, as they usually do. As sources of mass and energy planets are relatively insignificant, and they …
Army partners with former Blink-182 founder’s UFO research company to study alien technology
Much like the universe, the military’s affiliation with alien-related subject matter appears to be ever-expanding. In 2017, the Pentagon confirmed the existence of a program that existed from 2007 to 2012, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, that was dedicated solely to investigating reports of UFO sightings. The Navy then verified the authenticity of a …
To Study Alien Worlds, Astronomers Look To White Dwarfs
White dwarf, An old, extremely dense star of faint luminosity, formed by the nucleus of a red giant … [+] contracting until it reaches the size of Earth. (Photo by: QAI Publishing/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty Images In the search for Earth-like worlds among the stars, much of the …
Newfound Alien Planet Has a Bizarre Looping Orbit
Here’s yet another reminder that alien worlds are far stranger and more diverse than our own solar system might suggest. Astronomers just found a giant exoplanet three times more massive than Jupiter that loops around its host star on a highly elliptical path. If this alien planet, known as HR 5183 b, were magically dropped into our …