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Science & Technology
June 18, 2020 | 03:04 pm

Are aliens real? Do aliens exist? Technosignatures may hold new clues

Adam Frank, professor of physics and astronomy, is searching for “technosignatures,” or the physical and chemical traces of advanced civilizations, among the 4,000 or so exoplanets scientists have found so far.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, exoplanets, NASA, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
July 18, 2019 | 01:41 pm

3 questions: 50 years after the moon landing

The lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts still inform research today, including the work of Rochester professor Miki Nakajima, who studies the formation and evolution of the Earth, the moon, and other planetary bodies.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, exoplanets, featured-post, Miki Nakajima, planets, research, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
July 23, 2018 | 03:29 pm

Researchers unravel more mysteries of metallic hydrogen

Liquid metallic hydrogen is not present naturally on Earth and has only been created in a handful of places, including the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. LLE scientists are researching the properties of liquid metallic hyrdrogen to understand how planets both inside and outside our solar system form magnetic shields.

topics: exoplanets, featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Materials Science Program, Mohamed Zaghoo, planets, research finding, Rip Collins,
Science & Technology
September 7, 2017 | 09:37 am

Climate change for aliens

For more than 50 years, the Kardashev scale has been the gold standard for classifying hypothetical “exo-civilizations” by their ability to harness energy. A team of researchers led by Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank have devised a new system that takes into account the impacts of that energy use.

topics: Adam Frank, climate change, Department of Physics and Astronomy, exoplanets, planets, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Voices & Opinion
June 15, 2016 | 05:31 pm

Making the case for life on other planets

How can we calculate the likelihood of technological civilizations having existed on other planets? That’s a question Adam Frank, professor of astronomy, considers in an essay, “Yes, There Have Been Aliens,” published in the New York Times.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, exoplanets, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
April 27, 2016 | 02:27 pm

Are we alone? Setting some limits to our uniqueness

Are humans unique and alone in the vast universe? This question– summed up in the famous Drake equation–has for a half-century been one of the most intractable and uncertain in science. But a new paper shows that the recent discoveries of exoplanets combined with a broader approach to the question makes it possible to assign a new empirically valid probability to whether any other advanced technological civilizations have ever existed.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, exoplanets, galaxies, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,