Alberto Caballero (astronomer)

Alberto Caballero
Bornc. 1991
Edinburgh, Scotland
NationalitySpanish
Alma materUniversity of Vigo

Alberto Caballero is a Spanish astronomer and science communicator.[1][2] He is known for having identified a Sun-like star in the sky region where the Wow! signal came from as one of the possible sources of the radio signal.[3][4] Caballero is also known for founding and coordinating the Habitable Exoplanet Hunting Project, an international effort consisting of more than 30 observatories searching for nearby potentially habitable exoplanets.[5] Data is collected 24/7 from specific stars by observatories located both in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, and an initial list of exoplanet candidates was made public in 2020.[6]

  1. ^ Choi, Charles Q. "45 years later, scientists hone in on a mysterious alien signal's origin". Inverse. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Astronomer may have detected the source of the famous extraterrestrial 'Wow!' signal". The Independent. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  3. ^ Caballero, Alberto (2022). "An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal". International Journal of Astrobiology. 21 (3): 129–136. arXiv:2011.06090. Bibcode:2022IJAsB..21..129C. doi:10.1017/S1473550422000015. ISSN 1473-5504. S2CID 226307031.
  4. ^ Adam Mann (24 May 2022). "Famous 'alien' Wow! signal may have come from distant, sunlike star". Space.com. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ^ Tomaswick, Andy (28 July 2020). "Saturn-sized Planet Found in the Habitable Zone of Another Star. The First Planet Completely Discovered by Amateur Astronomers". Universe Today. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Saturn-Like Exoplanet Found in Habitable Zone of Gliese 3470". Sci-News.com. Retrieved 1 June 2022.