The number of possible places in a galaxy for life as we know it to develop. More about it and also the monsoon weather pattern that allowed Richard Kowalski to discover asteroid.
Apr 24th: So Many Possibilities & Breaks Happen
Tag: life
Mar 22nd: Living Things
Can life arise in a hydrogen atmosphere? What other forms of life are possible?
Oct 14th: Encore: Are We Alone
Are we alone? Well, that’s the biggest question in science that I can think of anyway. So what’s the answer? Well, the short answer is “We don’t know.” Let’s dig more on today’s #365DaysOfAstro
Sep 21st: What’s the Best Way to Search for Life?
What kind of signals are we searching for from aliens? What are technosignatures and biosignatures? How are we looking for non-intelligent life? Is there any hope of finding life in our own solar system? I
Sep 10th: Galactic Panspermia
If spacecraft, rovers or even astronauts make the momentous discovery of life on another world, that’ll just open up new questions. Did it originate all on its own, completely independently from Earth, or are we somehow related?
Jul 9th: Planetary Protection: What If We Destroy Life Before We Even Find It?
Wherever we go, life goes with us, whether we want it to or not. And when we travel to other worlds, it looks like the most extreme life Earth has ever cooked up is ready and willing to make the journey with us.
Jan 30th: Betrayed By The Red Edge!
Betrayed By The Red Edge. How We Can Find People are always worried that alien civilizations will detect the transmissions from our old radio shows and television broadcasts, and send in the invasion fleet. But the reality is that life itself has been broadcasting the existence of life on Earth for 500 million years.
Dec 30th: Through A Glass, Cheaply
Although the Universe probably isn’t an e8 crystal, one day we might see aliens
Jan 2nd: What’ll It Take to Find Life?
We know there’s life on Earth, and our atmosphere tells the tale, so can we do the same thing with extrasolar planets?