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Here at @Cornell University, we are continuing Carl’s legacy. We are building the tools to find life in the Universe. We are the Carl Sagan Institute. #SciComm

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A diagram depicting habitable zone boundaries across star types with data from this research. Earth is plotted alongside 45 exoplanets with radii less than 2 times or masses less than 5 times that of Earth, making them potentially rocky worlds. (4/5)
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Astronomers now have some new places to search for life! 👀 In a new paper today, Carl Sagan Institute fellows have identified 45 potentially Earth-like worlds More at Cornell A&S: news.cornell.edu/stories/202… Interactive images: gillislowry.com/rocky-hz-cat… 🧵(1/4)
Artist’s impressions of planetary systems around different stars than our Sun. One image depicts a purple planet orbiting a redder star, which could cause microbes and plants on the planet's surface to reflect very different colors from Earth’s green forests. The other image depicts a planetary system around a slightly hotter star than our Sun. In prior research, Carl Sagan Institute scientists have theorized that organisms could evolve biofluorescence to protect themselves from a more intense star.

ALT Artist’s impressions of planetary systems around different stars than our Sun. One image depicts a purple planet orbiting a redder star, which could cause microbes and plants on the planet's surface to reflect very different colors from Earth’s green forests. The other image depicts a planetary system around a slightly hotter star than our Sun. In prior research, Carl Sagan Institute scientists have theorized that organisms could evolve biofluorescence to protect themselves from a more intense star.

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This research follows Dr. Turner's possible 1st detection of an exoplanet in the radio (published in 2021) See the CSI interview below 👇: youtube.com/watch?v=hC3ir9Z6…
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“Exoplanets with & without a magnetic field form, behave & evolve very differently. Therefore, there is great need to understand whether planets possess such fields...Magnetic fields may also be important for sustaining the habitability of exoplanets...” Turner said.
An illustration shows a coronal mass ejection bursting out of the sun, then striking Earth's magnetosphere. (Image credit: ESA/NASA - SOHO/LASCO/EIT)

ALT An illustration shows a coronal mass ejection bursting out of the sun, then striking Earth's magnetosphere. (Image credit: ESA/NASA - SOHO/LASCO/EIT)

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"These radio signatures could represent some of the first robust evidence of magnetic star-exoplanet interactions and exoplanetary aurorae, pointing to the likely existence of exoplanet magnetospheres", said Turner
In this artistic rendering of the Tau Boötes b system, the lines representing the invisible magnetic field are shown protecting the hot Jupiter planet from solar wind. Image Credit: Jack Madden/Cornell University

ALT In this artistic rendering of the Tau Boötes b system, the lines representing the invisible magnetic field are shown protecting the hot Jupiter planet from solar wind. Image Credit: Jack Madden/Cornell University

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⭐️New Research from CSI Fellows⭐️ Dr. Jake Turner was a co-author on new research that has detected radio emission from dwarf stars and possibly even from exoplanets 📡🪐 Press Release: as.cornell.edu/news/novel-wa…
Artistic illustration of the magnetic interaction between a red dwarf star such as GJ 687, and its exoplanet. Credit: Danielle Futselaar/Artsource.nl

ALT Artistic illustration of the magnetic interaction between a red dwarf star such as GJ 687, and its exoplanet. Credit: Danielle Futselaar/Artsource.nl

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Happy Halloween! ✨ 👻 🎃 Jack-o’-lanterns aren’t the only signs of life that glow in the dark. Some organisms on Earth do, too. Would a distant planet full of glow-in-the-dark aliens be detectable to our telescopes? Find out here! : bsky.app/profile/carlsaganin…
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6000 exoplanets. We’ve found worlds orbiting all sorts of stars. Learn more at our Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/carlsaganin… 🪐🪐🪐
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Just over five hours until Cornell's Alpha CubeSat (led by CSI fellows and students) launches on its way to the International Space Station! Learn more about the satellite, its lightsail, and its holograms at alphacubesat.cornell.edu, and tune into the livestream there!
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What do you see in the light from planet TRAPPIST-1 e? Signs of alien life? Not yet... Read more: bsky.app/profile/carlsaganin…
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