Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley researchers will participate in project

Announcement more than doubles the number of confirmed planets from Kepler

Just 40 light years from Earth, planets are best targets so far for search for extraterrestrial life

The only material we have from the very early Earth comes in the form of tiny, naturally occurring zircon crystals

The moon—provisionally designated S/2015 (136472) 1 and nicknamed MK 2—is more than 1,300 times fainter than Makemake

While the detection of the waves was announced in February, scientists still don't know exactly where the waves are coming from

Data-intensive supercomputer brings new uses to high performance computing for science

The six new additions work in Alabama, Colorado, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Tennessee

If such observers are using the same search methods that scientists are using on Earth, researchers propose that humanity should turn its collective ear to Earth’s “transit zone.”

"Detecting this signal is possible if we are able to monitor a sufficiently large number of pulsars spread across the sky," says lead author of paper.