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- There is a point of view among astronomical researchers that is generally referred to as the Principle of Mediocrity. ... If the Sun and its…
- Estimates are that at least 70 per cent of all stars are accompanied by planets, and since the latter can occur in systems rather than…
- It bears mentioning that the Milky Way is only one of 150 billion galaxies visible to our telescopes - and each of these will have…
- Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by fortifying ourselves against…
- A practical way to travel between the stars is a must-have for space opera, and a sine qua non for our frequently vaunted future as…
- Junk, redundancy, and inefficiency characterize astrophysical signals. It seems they characterize cells and sea lions, too. These biological constructions have lots of superfluous and redundant…
- In archaeology, context is the basis of many discoveries that are imputed to the deliberate workings of intelligence. If I find a rock chipped in…
- The central region of the Milky Way, known as the bulge, is stuffed with literally tens of billions of stars. And most of these are…
- Many people suggest using mathematics to talk to the aliens, and Dutch computer scientist Alexander Ollongren has developed an entire language (Lincos) based on this…
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