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05/06/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Space researchers develop new AI technology that can determine whether life may exist on other worlds

Is there life outside the world as we know it? Scientists and astronauts have yet to find the answer to this mystery. But they’re on their way — if new technology using artificial intelligence to classify planets and, in turn, find out if life does exist outside our world — can help us. The new […]

04/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Kepler, NASA’s planet-finding spacecraft, about to run out of fuel

All good things must end. So it is with Kepler, the plucky space telescope that discovered thousands of planets despite significant malfunctions. NASA announced that the spacecraft will run out of fuel in just a few months, according to an article on Space.com. “Our current estimates are that Kepler’s tank will run dry within several […]

04/12/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists discover 15 new planets, including one “super-Earth” that could harbor liquid water

Fifteen new planets were confirmed to be orbiting red dwarf stars near our solar system. As per a report that appeared in Science Daily, one of the newly-discovered worlds is a super-Earth that could have liquid water. The new exoplanets were located by researchers from the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). Under the aegis of […]

04/02/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientist suggests scanning newly discovered planets for space junk as an indicator of alien life

We’ve littered Earth’s orbit with “space junk” since the dawn of spaceflight, so it stands to reason that advanced alien life might have done the same. A Spanish researcher suggests looking for evidence of orbital trash as proof of extraterrestrial life, reported a New Scientist article. According to astrophysicist Hector Socas-Navarro, the “transit method” technique commonly used […]

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