UCF Researchers Are Developing Tools to Help Find Habitable Planets
Reported by Universe Today
Through the Photonics-Enabled Exoplanet Spectroscopic System (PEEPSS) program, researchers are developing a technology that will assist NASA's planned Habitable World's Observatory (HWO)....
- By: Matthew Williams (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/houseofwilliams)
- On: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:59 +0000
Are Aliens Harvesting the Spin of Stars?
Reported by Universe Today
One of the challenges of searching for “technosignatures” (i.e. signs that intelligent life somewhere in the universe has created technology) is understanding what to look for. Technology is a very broad area, and different types would show up as diffe...
- By: Andy Tomaswick (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/andy-tomaswick)
- On: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:24 +0000
Are we listening for alien intelligence the wrong way?
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Some astronomers believe we should search for alien intelligence at higher radio frequencies than those traditionally used in SETI. And they've already begun.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:00 +0000
Asteroid Juno at its best now, around opposition
Reported by Space | EarthSky
Asteroid Juno will be at its brightest around opposition on July 26, 2026. It'll lie in front of the constellation Aquila.
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- By: Space | EarthSky
- On: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:23 +0000
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return from Space Station
Reported by NASA
Concluding an eight-month science mission aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Chris Williams returned to Earth on Sunday alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. The crew made its safe, parachute-assisted la...
- By: NASA
- On: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 10:59 +0000
JWST May Be Missing Water Hidden Deep Within Mini-Neptune Worlds
Reported by Universe Today
Sub-Neptune exoplanets, exoplanets that are slightly smaller than Neptune, have been designated as the most common type of planet in the Milky Way Galaxy based on their vast discovery numbers, totaling almost 3,300 out of the more than 6,300 confirmed exop...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 25 Jul 2026 21:40 +0000