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Alien Life: How do we search for life in the universe?
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Friday, April 19, 2013. How do we search for life in the universe? Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft were intentionally crashed into a mountain near the Moon's north pole in Dec. 2012. The cloud of gas and dust it generated was observed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, providing new data about the Moon's composition. See article. How do we search for life in the universe? Posted by Rob Bignell.
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Alien Life: Volcanic eruptions linked to extinctions
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Monday, April 15, 2013. Volcanic eruptions linked to extinctions. Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. By studying locations as widespread as New Jersey and North Africa, a team of scientists has found a link between one of Earth's largest mass extinctions and gigantic volcanic eruptions. The study could hint at how sudden climate shifts could affect life's future on Earth. See article. Note: This article is from 2004. Could science ...
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Alien Life: New technique unveils 10 exoplanets
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Saturday, April 06, 2013. New technique unveils 10 exoplanets. Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Thanks to a new high-tech gadget, astronomers have observed four planets orbiting a star relatively close to the sun in unprecedented detail, revealing the roughly 10 Jupiter-mass planets to be among the most exotic ones known. See article. Get your SF book manuscript edited. Posted by Rob Bignell. Saturday, April 06, 2013. Contacting ...
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Alien Life: Studying an exoplanet’s atmosphere
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Sunday, April 07, 2013. Studying an exoplanet’s atmosphere. Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. A team of international scientists including a Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory astrophysicist has made the most detailed examination yet of the atmosphere of a Jupiter-size like planet beyond our solar system. See article. On the conclusions. Note: The radio report is from 2004. Get your SF book manuscript edited. Fi = Percentage o...
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Alien Life: Oldest light in the universe
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Thursday, April 11, 2013. Oldest light in the universe. Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. The Planck space mission has released the most accurate and detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe, revealing new information about its age, contents and origins. See article. Could humanity ever relate to an alien species? Consider the questioning context of these online speculations about why "Star Trek is human centered?
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Alien Life: 505 million-year-old fossil discovered
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Friday, April 12, 2013. 505 million-year-old fossil discovered. Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Scientists have used date from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to create a 3-D reconstruction of ancient water channels below the surface of the red planet. See article. A major discovery of a fossil in 505 million year-old shale could push the fossil record back 200 million years. See article. Get your SF book manuscript edited.
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Alien Life: Current concepts of planet habitability
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Current concepts of planet habitability. Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. In part two of The Great Exoplanet Debate, the panel discusses current concepts of habitability and how they are changing. This debate comes from a plenary session hosted by Astrobiology Magazine at the 2012 Astrobiology Science Conference. See article. Book alert: In “Are We Alone? Get your SF book manuscript edited. View my comp...
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Cornfield Soul: A thing of beauty graces the skies: Our place in this universe
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We admire essays that are decisive / We like our humor droll / A philosophy that's inclusive / Would resonate with Cornfield Soul! Cornfield Soul" fan Roger Swartz. June 06, 2005. A thing of beauty graces the skies: Our place in this universe. We've lost something by not having to rise at the crack of dawn to get a head start on the farm chores. We no longer witness the sky's slow shift from indigo to blue as the rising sun lifts night's shadows from the Earth. 8226;••. Venus is a mysterious world thanks...
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Cornfield Soul: Iowa’s greatest hero offers hope from our imaginations
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We admire essays that are decisive / We like our humor droll / A philosophy that's inclusive / Would resonate with Cornfield Soul! Cornfield Soul" fan Roger Swartz. May 18, 2005. Iowa’s greatest hero offers hope from our imaginations. This month Iowans celebrate the birthday of our greatest native son - Captain James T. Kirk. Wait a minute, you say, Captain Kirk was born in March - it says so right on the memorial marker in downtown Riverside! 8226; • •. There once was a "Star Trek" episode in which a ch...
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Cornfield Soul: What objects would you want to be remembered by?
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We admire essays that are decisive / We like our humor droll / A philosophy that's inclusive / Would resonate with Cornfield Soul! Cornfield Soul" fan Roger Swartz. June 01, 2005. What objects would you want to be remembered by? If you could choose just five objects to be remembered by, what would they be? The question is hardly trivial. Indeed, it's one that many people down the ages have pondered. 8226; • •. The objects form a sort of still life in which she is at the center. 8226; • •. It is as if we ...