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Astronomers Propose New Way to Find Alien Life without Knowing What It Looks Like

Sam Miller4 weeks ago03 mins

A new ‘agnostic biosignature’ method searches for patterns across exoplanets, suggesting alien life could be detected by how it spreads and reshapes entire planetary systems. Harrison B. Smith & Lana Sinapayen used an agent-based model to show that if life can spread between star systems and affect the observable properties of a planet, then a…

Two Protoplanets Emerge from Dusty Disk around Nearby Young Star

Sam Miller2 months ago03 mins

Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and VLT Interferometer (VLTI) in Chile, astronomers have directly observed two gas giants emerging from the planet-forming disk around a star known as WISPIT 2, offering one of the clearest views yet of how a planetary system may form. The arrangement, marked by gaps and rings in the surrounding…

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Planetary system

Astronomers Propose New Way to Find Alien Life without Knowing What It Looks Like

Two Protoplanets Emerge from Dusty Disk around Nearby Young Star