Astronomers Have Found Another Star That’s Mysteriously Dimming
Here we go again. An international team of astronomers have spotted something mysterious blocking the light of a young star known as RIK-210, which lies roughly 472 light-years from Earth. Normally, when a star’s light dims, it’s a hint that something is orbiting it, such as a planet – but RIK-210 doesn’t have any of those things. And it’s one … Continue reading
‘Aliens?!’ How the News Will Spread in a Digital Age
The SETI community is rethinking how reports of extraterrestrial life should be shared with the public. When the SETI community adopted protocols for telling the world that ET exists, people mostly got their news from radio, TV and newspapers. The year was 1989. The internet was a nascent U.S. military-backed project known as ARPANET – the Advanced Research Projects Agency … Continue reading
Weird Star System that Scientists Have Been Checking for Aliens Just Got Weirder
Last year, scientists spotted something strange going on around a distant star. Now it turns out it’s been happening for decades, or even centuries, making it even harder to explain. There is a star, unimpressively named KIC 8462852, that sits 1,400 light-years away and seems to be relatively similar to our own sun. But whatever circles that star is so … Continue reading
