Click Here to Read: Radio signal detected from deep space could give new ‘way to examine alien worlds’ By Chris Ciaccia, on the New York Post website on December 17, 2020.
This artist’s impression shows the exoplanet Tau Boötis b. This was one of the first exoplanets to be discovered back in 1996, and it is still one of the closest planetary systems known to date. Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have now caught and studied the faint light from the planet Tau Boötis b for the first time. By employing a clever observational trick the team find that the planet’s atmosphere seems to be cooler higher up, the opposite of what was expected. Image: ESO/L. Calçada. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.