NEW DELHI: Dr Lisa Kaltenegger, a former Nasa mission reviewer and current professor, has released a fascinating new book titled “The Worlds That Shook Science,” where she delves into the variety of exoplanets in our galaxy that may host life. This book arrives during what Dr Kaltenegger describes as a “new golden era of exploration” … Read more
NEW DELHI: Astronomer Frederick Walter from Stony Brook University in New York has proposed that extraterrestrial civilizations might have been wiped out by gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), offering a possible explanation for the absence of contact with alien life. His views were reported in the Daily Mail on Tuesday.GRBs, which Nasa describes as short-lived but extremely … Read more
NEW DELHI: Lab experiments have shown for the first time that spacecraft traversing through ice plumes in space might aid in identifying extraterrestrial life. This detection is possible even from minute portions of a cell contained within ice grains. If extraterrestrial life exists on moons such as Saturn’s Enceladus or Jupiter’s Europa, the massive geysers … Read more
A Pentagon office set up to investigate purported alien encounters dating back decades found no evidence to support claims that any of those incidents were actual sightings of extraterrestrials.The office also rejected the claim that the US had or was covering up a program to reverse-engineer alien technology. While some cases remain unexplained, in almost … Read more
