The Legendary Frank Drake Shaped the Search for Alien Life
The influential astronomer led the hunt for extraterrestrial signals and helped make the field of astrobiology what it is today. ..
The influential astronomer led the hunt for extraterrestrial signals and helped make the field of astrobiology what it is today. ..
Observatories require electricity and computing power to process data from deep space. Is there a way to make them run greener? ..
Astronomers tried to confirm a signal from the birth of the first stars after the Big Bang. They saw nothing. ..
The first detailed observations of lightning's emergence inside a cloud have exposed how electric fields grow strong enough to let bolts fly. ..
Astronomers with the Breakthrough Listen project scan the sky for signs of extraterrestrial life, but a promising lead turned out to be a false alarm. ..
Observing the secrets of the universe’s “Dark Ages” will require capturing ua-long radio wavelengths—and we can’t do that on Earth. ..