Radar systems used by civilian airports and military operations are inadvertently revealing our existence to potential advanced alien civilisations, new research shows.
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JWST/NIRCam Coronagraphy of the Young Planet-hosting Debris Disk AU Microscopii
High-contrast imaging of debris disk systems permits us to assess the composition and size distribution of circumstellar dust, to probe recent dynamical histories, and to directly detect and characterize embedded […]
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A Young Super-Earth Orbiting Red Dwarf AU Microscopii Is Evaporating
A young planet whirling around a petulant red dwarf star is changing in unpredictable ways orbit-by-orbit. It is so close to its parent star that it experiences a consistent, torrential […]