How ‘Big Data’ could help SETI researchers intensify the search for alien civilizations Could far-off aliens be sending out signals telling us they exist? If so, how would we know where to look?… Read More
Ex-Microsoft CTO David Vaskevitch is building an app store for autonomous machines As a former longtime Microsoft chief technology officer, David Vaskevitch has seen most of the major computer revolutions. He’s ready… Read More
Gaia probe maps the comings and goings of galaxy’s stars – and scientists go gaga The European Space Agency has released the world’s most exhaustive star catalog, pinpointing the positions of nearly 1.7 billion stars.… Read More
Astronomers round up the unusual suspects for ‘alien megastructure’ star That mysterious “alien megastructure” star is still a mystery, but the most plausible explanations appear to be dense patches of… Read More
First map from Europe’s Gaia satellite charts a billion stars in our Milky Way The team behind the European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite has released its first catalog of more than a billion stars in… Read More
