Could the ESA’s PLATO Mission Find Earth 2.0?

Currently, 5,788 exoplanets have been confirmed in 4,326 star systems, while thousands more candidates await confirmation. So far, the vast majority of these planets have been gas giants (3,826) or Super-Earths (1,735), while only 210 have been “Earth-like” – meaning rocky planets similar in size and mass to Earth. What’s more, the majority of these … Read more

SETI Institute in the News: November Roundup

The SETI Institute continues to answer the age-old question: “Are We Alone?” From celebrating 40 years of groundbreaking research to exploring the potential of AI in extraterrestrial communication, the institute remains in the forefront of scientific discovery. This month, we delve into the latest advancements, including the potential for AI-driven contact with alien civilizations, the … Read more

‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ episode 3: What’s Jod Na Nawood’s true identity?

Skeleton Crew, the latest live-action Star Wars show on Disney Plus, debuted last week with a pretty fun and uncomplicated two-episode premiere. In its third chapter, we get to venture further into a swashbuckling adventure full of scallywags and alien locales. But, more surprisingly, we also obtain more answers than we’d expected this early on. … Read more

Seismometers track atmospheric shock waves from incoming space debris

This article is republished from Eos.org under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. On April 2, 2024, a shower of fireballs lit up the night sky over Los Angeles and much of central and Southern California. Onlookers wondered whether they were witnessing a meteor, a failed rocket launch, or even a UFO. … Read more

‘MechWarrior 5: Clans’ offers the stompy robot fights you expect, and a surprisingly strong story that you probably don’t

MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries firmly ranks among the best mech games of all time, but at a glance, it’s also a daunting proposition for casual gamers. With the follow-up, MechWarrior 5: Clans, Piranha Games’ has sought to make a more accessible sequel to serve as an onboarding ramp into the BattleTech universe. What’s the BattleTech universe … Read more

Wonky row crops and ‘possessed’ tractors: The surprising impact of solar storms on modern farming

Modern-day farming is a high-tech operation highly dependent on GPS-guided tractors revolutionizing the way crops are planted, fertilized and harvested. But on May 10, 2024, that system came under attack, not from mechanical failure or sophisticated hackers, but from the sun itself. On that day, the sun unleashed its largest geomagnetic storm in decades. The … Read more

December 2024 Transformer of the Month: Jill Marlowe

If Digital Transformation were a ship, the vessel for delivering on our missions and ensuring smooth passage into the future, our final Digital Transformer of 2024 would be the captain. Growing up sailing with her father on the Chesapeake Bay, this transformer developed the navigation skills she now uses at NASA “with both clarity and precision, … Read more

Large Hadron Collider finds first evidence of the heaviest antimatter particle yet

The world’s most massive science experiment has done it again, detecting hints of the heaviest antimatter particle ever found. This means the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the most powerful particle accelerator ever built, has given scientists a glimpse into conditions that existed when the universe was less than a second old. The antimatter particle is … Read more

Looking Out for ‘Lookout Hill’

Mars: Perseverance (Mars 2020) Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Perseverance Raw Images Images Videos Audio More Resources Mars Missions Mars Sample Return Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover MAVEN Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter … Read more