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Can aliens around nearby stars detect us?
A new study looked at whether aliens around nearby stars could detect the radio signals from Earth's cell phone towers. Learn what they found here.
May 4, 2023
SETI Institute expands search for aliens with VLA
As part of SETI, astronomers are now using the Very Large Array radio telescope array in a comprehensive new search for radio signals from alien civilizations.
May 4, 2023
Early-universe prequel to a huge galaxy cluster
We know our universe consists of gigantic galaxy clusters in space. And we know that looking far away in space equals looking back in time. Here's an early-universe prequel to a huge galaxy cluster.
May 3, 2023
Marsquakes reveal red planet’s deep secrets
NASA's InSight lander provided seismic data from marsquakes that shows that Mars' core is smaller and denser than scientists previously thought.
May 3, 2023
Black hole and its jet imaged together for 1st time
For the 1st time, astronomers have taken an image of a black hole that shows both the black hole and a powerful jet of material being blasted away from it.
May 2, 2023
Voyager 2 science mission extended another 3 years
NASA has found a way to conserve power on Voyager 2, allowing for its science mission to extend another three years. Read more about it here.
April 30, 2023
Asteroid Phaethon – parent of Geminid meteors – gets weirder
The asteroid Phaethon is the parent object of the annual Geminid meteor shower. It forms a comet-like tail made of sodium, not dust.
April 28, 2023
SpaceX debris’ fiery reentry over Arizona and Colorado
In the early morning of April 27, 2023, SpaceX debris made an uncontrolled reentry over Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado, lighting skies and causing loud booms.
April 27, 2023
Do galaxy collisions power quasars? Will our Milky Way become a quasar?
Do galaxy collisions power quasars? UK astronomers have evidence suggesting they do. If so, then our own Milky Way galaxy might someday become a quasar.
April 26, 2023
Mars’ moons mission adds 10 NASA-picked scientists
NASA announced last week that it has chosen 10 scientists from across the U.S. to help with Mars' moons mission called Martian Moons eXploration (MMX).
April 26, 2023
