From Black Hole Mergers to the Wow! Signal: A Snapshot of Modern Space Discoveries and SETI

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Space science today spans violent cosmic events and icy interstellar visitors, including many black hole and neutron star mergers seen via gravitational waves, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shedding material but not a spacecraft, a star growing into a hypergiant on the path to a possible supernova, SETI listening for signals with the Allen Telescope Array, and unresolved hints like the Wow! signal and the 2015 HD 164595 signal, all amid ongoing exoplanet discoveries and space missions shaping the near term, with perspectives from Seth Shostak and Jerry Ehman.

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Space science spans violent cosmic events and icy visitors, including a doubled catalog of black hole and neutron star mergers, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shedding methanol but not an alien craft, a star expanding to about 1,540 solar radii as a hypergiant on the path to a possible supernova, and ongoing SETI efforts with the Allen Telescope Array amid the enduring wow signal mystery and a May 2015 HD 164595 signal under follow-up, all within a dynamic landscape of exoplanet discoveries and space-news coverage shaped by missions and private initiatives, as reported by Samantha Mathewson with perspectives from Seth Shostak and Jerry Ehman, underscoring that exciting hints require rigorous verification in a field defined by uncertainty.