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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 […]

05/03/2018 / By David Williams

Why Stephen Hawking kept pushing for an Earth exodus many years before his death

The late, great Stephen Hawking understood the value of life. Life on Earth, for him, wasn’t supposed to last as long as it did. And during his borrowed time, he spoke about many different subjects, one of which was about the need for humanity to leave Earth itself and move to other planets in outer space. […]

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 […]

03/03/2018 / By Edsel Cook

NASA’s alien-hunting probe discovers 100 new planets orbiting stars outside our solar system

Hopes for the discovery of another Earth – and alien life – have taken off again after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Kepler space telescope discovered nearly 100 new exoplanets, reported The Daily Mail. Data from the space observatory identified 275 possible candidates, which an international team of researchers narrowed down to 95 confirmed planets. Every single one […]

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