[Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)] Sugars are key biomolecules in living organisms, as they form the backbone of DNA and RNA and play a fundamental role in metabolic processes. In […]
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Posted inAstronomy & Telescopes, Atmospheres, Climate, Weather, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Habitable Zones, Intelligence & Language, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
A Narrowband Technosignature Search Toward The Hycean Candidate K2-18b Using The VLA And MeerKAT
K2-18b, a sub-Neptune exoplanet located in the habitable zone of its host star, has emerged as an important target for atmospheric characterization and assessments of potential habitability.
Posted inAstrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Comets and Asteroids, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
South African Telescope Detects Natural Radio Emission – And No Signal Of Technological Origin – From Interstellar Visitor 3I/ATLAS
Since its discovery on 1 July 2025 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), the object known as 3I/ATLAS has captured the popular imagination, being only the third known […]
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Reduced-resolution Beamforming: Lowering The Computational Cost For Pulsar And Technosignature Surveys
In radio astronomy, the science output of a telescope is often limited by computational resources. This is especially true for transient and technosignature surveys that need to search high-resolution data […]
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Extraterrestrial Signal Search is Underway Using the Southern Hemisphere’s Biggest Radio Telescope
Breakthrough Listen – the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe – announced today, at a conference organized by the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO), the […]