The Case For Alien Life Elevated By The Exciting First-Ever Confirmation of Two Exoplanet Water Worlds Christopher Plain·December 16, 2022Researchers from the University of Montreal have confirmed the presence of two water worlds orbiting a star 218 light years from earth.
New Data from the Gaia Space Telescope is Helping Reveal the Secret Lives of Asteroids Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·June 27, 2022The latest batch of data released from the Gaia Space Telescope is shedding new light on asteroid formation and distant galaxies.
NASA’s Roman Telescope to Directly Image Exoplanets Program Will Narrow Gap to Directly Imaging Earthlike Exoplanets Christopher Plain·March 22, 2022NASA is currently building the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope in hopes of directly imaging smaller and fainter exoplanets.
Are Super-Earths Actually the Best Places to Search for ET? Christopher Plain·January 17, 2022Super-Earths may be the best place to search for extraterrestrial life due to their long-lived magnetic shields, according...
Astronomers Spot Second Ever Exomoon Candidate Discovery May Mean Exomoons are Common, Increasing the Odds of Extraterrestrial Life. Christopher Plain·January 13, 2022Astronomers studying a huge, Jupiter-like exoplanet say they have successfully detected a moon in its orbit. Although this...
70 New Rogue Exoplanets Spotted by Astronomers Christopher Plain·December 23, 202170 rogue exoplanets, or planets not bound to a host star, have been discovered wandering through the Milky...
The Debrief Weekly News Roundup with Crisitna Gomez Saturday December 11th, 2021 Edition Christopher Plain·December 13, 2021In the latest edition of The Debrief’s Weekly News Roundup, our own Cristina Gomez takes a look a four...
Tidally Locked Exoplanets May Harbor Life After All Christopher Plain·December 7, 2021According to a new proposal, a phenomenon known as super-rotation may mean that tidally locked exoplanets, or planets...
TRAPPIST-1 Exoplnets’ Orbital Harmony May Aid Habitability Christopher Plain·November 30, 2021The orbital harmony of the seven exoplanets spotted in the TRAPPIST-1 star system may indicate that they endured...
Astronomers Develop Technique to Spot Exoplanets Orbiting Two Suns Christopher Plain·November 11, 2021A team of astronomers has developed a new technique designed to quickly and accurately identify exoplanets orbiting two...
Earth 2.0: Scientists Seek a Better Method for Finding Habitable Exoplanets Christopher Plain·May 10, 2021Scientists are looking for a "cosmic twin" in the search for potentially habitable exoplanets that could mirror Earth in a variety of different ways.
We Should Use Quantum Communication To Talk to ET, Says SETI Researcher Christopher Plain·May 4, 2021A researcher from the University of Berkeley's SETI program has proposed we scan for signs of ET using quantum communications methods.
Alien Artifacts on Earth and in Our Solar System is Possible, NASA Reports Tim McMillan·April 21, 2021A 2018 report published by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) shows the lengths America’s premier...
Five New, Potentially Habitable Zones Within Tatooine-Like Binary Star Systems Christopher Plain·April 20, 2021New research says binary star systems may be home to habitable, Earth-like planets, and that changes how we hunt for life in the cosmos.
Scientists Now Understand the Origin of Water, Including on Alien Worlds. Christopher Plain·April 16, 2021Researchers just released a paper explaining the origin of water in our solar system and on distant alien worlds.
Can a Planet Regrow an Atmosphere? The Secrets of Exoplanet GJ 1132 b Chrissy Newton·April 3, 2021Chrissy Newton explores exoplanet GJ 1132 b to see if a planet can regrow its atmosphere. Researchers have...
The Fermi Paradox: Where Are All The Aliens? Christopher Plain·January 29, 2021The Fermi Paradox asks "where is everybody?" Or, in more modern parlance, "where are all the freakin' aliens?"
Methane May Be The Best Way to Find Extraterrestrial Life Christopher Plain·January 26, 2021It is likely that Methane gas, and not Oxygen, will represent the first chemical sign of life on another planet, according to new study.
Oumuamua ‘Alien probe’ may be the way to search for life, according to Harvard astrophysicist Essay argues interstellar objects may be ‘message in a bottle.’ Mike Damante and The Debrief Staff·January 25, 2021Avi Loeb's recent essay challenges scientists to expand their search for extraterrestrial life beyond signals to also look for alien probes.
The James Webb Telescope Will Change the Way We See The Cosmos Christopher Plain·January 25, 2021The James Webb Telescope is scheduled for launch in October 2021. It will give us the ability to see the cosmos like we never have before.
Farewell 2020: Five Cosmic Stories We Didn’t Cover But Wish We Had Did You Catch These Stories in 2020? Ryan Sprague·December 31, 2020As we say "farewell to 2020," and welcome 2021 with open arms, here are five cool space stories we missed and wish we hadn't.