Category Archives: Astronomy
How to hunt for exoplanets
A new report launched by the Institute of Physics Exoplanets – The search for planets beyond our solar system explains how new technological advances have seen the discovery of more than 400 exoplanets to date, a number expected to rise to thousands in the next few years.
The report details how new techniques and instruments are providing [...]
Widening the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
In March’s issue of Physics World . . .
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) has been dominated for its first half century by a hunt for unusual radio signals. But as he prepares for the publication of his new book The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone?, Paul Davies tells Physics World readers why bold new [...]
Astronomer Royal tackles space, politics and scientific advice
Speaking in an exclusive video interview with physicsworld.com, Cambridge University astrophysicist and cosmologist Martin Rees explains why he thinks the Royal Society still has an essential role to play in the modern world.
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How to spot an alien Earth
by Lewis Dartnell for physics.org
The first world beyond our solar system was discovered in 1992, and since then astronomers have been finding such ‘extrasolar planets’ (also abbreviated to ‘exoplanets’) at an ever quickening rate. As techniques and telescopes increase in sensitivity, the race is on to be the first to announce the discovery of a [...]
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