Jun 19, 2017 06:40 PM
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Why We Should Look For Alien Megastructures Around Pulsars
http://gizmodo.com/why-we-should-look-fo...1796167129
EXCERPT: Some day in the far future, it’s possible our descendants will kick it up a notch and wrap the entire Sun in a massive solar-collecting shell known as a Dyson Sphere. It’s also possible that some advanced alien civilizations have already gone this route, which is why some SETI folks are on the lookout for these hypothetical objects. But a new study proposes that aliens are more likely to build megastructures around pulsars than stars—and importantly, we should be able to detect these objects from Earth using current technology....
Are Red Dwarf Exoplanets Really Habitable?
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/red-dwa...bitability
EXCERPT: There are billions of red dwarf stars, leading some scientists to believe they may provide the energy needed to foster habitable planets. The recent discoveries of planets in the habitable zones of the TRAPPIST-1 and LHS 1140 systems have lent force to this hypothesis. But now, researchers are asking if these dwarfs are really as hospitable as they seem, or whether the intense flares that erupt from their surface might make life on any orbiting planet impossible....
Nasa discovers 10 new 'rocky' planets like Earth
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...97781.html
EXCERPT: Nasa has announced the discovery of 219 new suspected planets outside our solar system. The figure includes 10 that are “rocky” like Earth and which exist in their solar system's 'Goldilocks zone', neither too close to their star, and therefore too hot, nor too far away and too cold for liquid water to exist. The presence of water is seen as a key factor for the existence of life....
http://gizmodo.com/why-we-should-look-fo...1796167129
EXCERPT: Some day in the far future, it’s possible our descendants will kick it up a notch and wrap the entire Sun in a massive solar-collecting shell known as a Dyson Sphere. It’s also possible that some advanced alien civilizations have already gone this route, which is why some SETI folks are on the lookout for these hypothetical objects. But a new study proposes that aliens are more likely to build megastructures around pulsars than stars—and importantly, we should be able to detect these objects from Earth using current technology....
Are Red Dwarf Exoplanets Really Habitable?
https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/red-dwa...bitability
EXCERPT: There are billions of red dwarf stars, leading some scientists to believe they may provide the energy needed to foster habitable planets. The recent discoveries of planets in the habitable zones of the TRAPPIST-1 and LHS 1140 systems have lent force to this hypothesis. But now, researchers are asking if these dwarfs are really as hospitable as they seem, or whether the intense flares that erupt from their surface might make life on any orbiting planet impossible....
Nasa discovers 10 new 'rocky' planets like Earth
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...97781.html
EXCERPT: Nasa has announced the discovery of 219 new suspected planets outside our solar system. The figure includes 10 that are “rocky” like Earth and which exist in their solar system's 'Goldilocks zone', neither too close to their star, and therefore too hot, nor too far away and too cold for liquid water to exist. The presence of water is seen as a key factor for the existence of life....
