Science

The mystery of the alien megastructures star KIC 8462852 has been puzzling astrophysicists and the public for well over a year now. Known as “Tabby’s Star”, scientists were first interested in it when they noticed that it appeared to be inexplicably dimming.

The seemingly endless list of conspiracy theories related to Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, offered up yet another bucket of conjecture after the Democratic nominee left a 9/11 memorial ceremony due to a medical event (originally described as her “feeling overheated” and later attributed to pneumonia).

A light earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale was recorded at 11:40 on Wednesday at Karpenisi.

According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens’ Observatory, the earthquake’s epicenter was located 5 km western of Karpenisi and the focal depth at nine km.

No damages were reported.

Asimina Arvanitaki wants to explain the universe.

The Solar Impulse 2, an experimental aircraft flying around the world to draw attention to clean energy technologies, took off on May 2 from near San Francisco en route to the southwest city of Phoenix.

People have often been fascinated with the prospect of the existence of extra terrestrial life forms. Such is our interest in aliens that there are those who have dedicated their whole lives to trying to detect and record the slightest of signals from outer space proving that we are not alone in the universe.

Lab mice that spent just two weeks in orbit showed early signs of liver damage upon returning to Earth, raising concern about what long-duration spaceflight might do to humans, researchers said April 20.
 

Professor Stephen Hawkin and Russian billionaire Yuri Milner will conduct a search for extraterrestrial life.

Milner has agreed to fund a decade-long search for aliens costing him about $100 million, while it is expected to announce the beginning of their project, titled Starshot, on Tuesday at an event to be held at the One World Observatory in New York City.

The Athens Science Festival (ASF) opens its door to public on Tuesday at the City of Athens Technopolis Centre in Gazi, for the third consecutive year, running from 5 to 10 April with a focus on “Evolving with Science”.

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) might have no tangible success for the existence of other life forms so far, but scientists have not been discouraged and are continuing their search. Thus, it announced a new 2-year program for the exploration of extraterrestrial radio signals.