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Water: There's so much of it in our solar system and beyond, says NASA
Posted in Science on 8th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Hunting for habitable worlds would mean looking for where there is water. However, the Universe may very well be awash with the stuff.
Signs of Alien Life Will Be Found by 2025, NASA's Chief Scientist Predicts
Posted in Science on 8th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
"I think we're going to have strong indications of life beyond Earth within a decade, and definitive evidence within 20 to 30 years."
Star's birth glimpsed 'in real time'
Posted in Featured, Science on 7th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Astronomers have witnessed a key stage in the birth of a very heavy star, using two radio telescope views of the process taken 18 years apart.
Dark matter even darker than once thought
Posted in Science on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
The results show that dark matter interacts with itself even less than previously thought, and narrows down the options for what this mysterious substance might be.
Search for extraterrestrial intelligence extends to near-infrared optical signals
Posted in Science on 24th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
New instrument will scan the sky for coded pulses of infrared light.