Any society that could come here could pick up the lights from New York. What should we do about that? Should we… — Seth Shostak About Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that the Moon is more than a handy night light and a hair restorer for werewolves. It's responsible for… — Seth Shostak Dig Copy Share Image
In general, when moviemakers talk to scientists, they usually see them as a resource to solve particular technical problems or script problems… — Seth Shostak Able Copy Share Image
Frankly, I'll believe in horoscopes the day I can describe my personality to an astrologer and they tell me what date I… — Seth Shostak Believe Copy Share Image
Faith is a personal matter, and should never be a cudgel to stifle inquiry. We tried that approach about 1,200 years ago.… — Seth Shostak About Copy Share Image
There is little chance that aliens from two societies anywhere in the Galaxy will be culturally close enough to really 'get along.'… — Seth Shostak Aliens Copy Share Image
The next time you check your moves in the mirror and reflect on how special you are, consider that somewhere in this… — Seth Shostak Another Copy Share Image
Nine out of 10 Hollywood aliens look like us. Oh, sure, they might be short, big-eyed and hairless - decked out in… — Seth Shostak Afar Copy Share Image
No heating system can deliver perfectly uniform temperatures throughout a house, and drafts can magnify the perceived difference in temperatures. Try walking… — Seth Shostak Differences Copy Share Image
The ideas of science germinate in a matrix of established knowledge gained by experiment; they are not lonesome thoughts, born in a… — Seth Shostak Before Copy Share Image
Clearly, enriching the cosmos with heavy elements takes a while. So there's inevitably an interval between the sterile aftermath of the Big… — Seth Shostak Aftermath Copy Share Image
The limitless content of our universe might be only one instance of a large (and possibly infinite) number of other universes. — Seth Shostak Content Copy Share Image
Mountains aren't eternal: even the most imposing massifs are smoothed away by weathering in a few hundred million years or less. Plate… — Seth Shostak Away Copy Share Image
Of course, Sol is a big ball of hot gas, but one that - thanks to its endlessly boiling innards - shakes… — Seth Shostak About Copy Share Image
The number of habitable worlds in our galaxy is certainly in the tens of billions, minimum, and we haven't even talked about… — Seth Shostak Billions Copy Share Image
Even if the Moon didn't exist - even if it had been vaporized billions of years ago by cantankerous Klingons - there… — Seth Shostak Been Copy Share Image
Five centuries from now - barring unimaginable catastrophe - the moon will be developed real estate. There's economic incentive to exploit the… — Seth Shostak Catastrophe Copy Share Image
Astronomers still can't decide what the shape of our universe is. Is it closed and finite, which is to say, is there… — Seth Shostak Beyond Copy Share Image
One of the jovian moons, Europa, is coated with twice as much liquid water as is sloshing around our planet. — Seth Shostak Around Copy Share Image
Exploration is an oft-lauded human activity, and one that resonates in the same way that music and good stories do. It's hard-wired… — Seth Shostak Accept Copy Share Image
The mission of NASA's Kepler telescope is to lift the scales from our eyes and reveal to us just how typical our… — Seth Shostak Astronomy Copy Share Image
Despite tantalizing suggestions of fossilized microbes in meteorites, puzzling and possibly biogenic methane gas in the martian atmosphere, and a long-standing controversy… — Seth Shostak Atmosphere Copy Share Image
Jupiter, a world far larger than Earth, is so warm that it currently radiates more internal heat than it receives from the… — Seth Shostak Currently Copy Share Image
We can never prove that we're alone in the universe. But the Allen Telescope Array could prove that we're not. — Seth Shostak Allen Copy Share Image
The thing to keep in mind is that we're still in the very early days when it comes to the search for… — Seth Shostak Back Copy Share Image
