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Astronomers find the strongest evidence yet that alien planets have magnetic fields

Picture a planet with no sunrise and no sunset. One hemisphere is scorched by a star it can never turn away from. The other ...
Forbes

We’re Using Giant Freakin’ Lasers To Probe Alien Planets

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Milky Way galaxy has more than 400 billion stars in it. Over the last few decades, ...

A faster way to forecast alien weather

The TRAPPIST-1 system, located about 41 light years from Earth, has been a focal point of much exoplanetary discussion—mainly ...
autoevolution

Black Mirrors in Space Will Eat Light So That Telescopes Find Life on Alien Planets

There is no chance in hell our species will be able to reach another Earth-like planet in the Universe in the foreseeable future, so the only way we can get a sense of the habitability of such places ...
Gizmodo

This Alien Planet Might Be the Stinkiest Place in the Galaxy

Planets orbiting stars beyond the solar system come in all shapes and sizes but mostly fit into a few categories: large and hot gas giants, super-Earths that are slightly larger than our planet, ...

Expert Warns Alien Signals Are Brushing Past Earth But Humans Are 'Utterly Blind'

Astronomer Jon Willis warns that alien signals could be passing Earth unnoticed because humans are searching on the wrong ...
AOL

Why The Octopus is Our Planet’s Most Alien-Like Creature

Octopus cyanea found in the both Indian and Pacific ocean. It grows to 16 cm in mantle length with arms to atleast 80 cm.© Amirkhans world/Shutterstock.com If forced to choose one descriptor for the ...