Tag Archives: extraterrestrial life

Eyeball Planets, Lobster Oceans? Studying Exoplanet Climates 0 (0)

Headlines about an “eyeball planet” got my attention last month. Then I got distracted by what I thought were more time-sensitive topics — and remembered what two scientists learned when they simulated ocean currents and winds on a tidally-locked exoplanet. … Continue reading

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Jezero Sediment, TOI-715 b: Headlines and Extraterrestrial Life 0 (0)

Last month ended with headlines hinting that our first glimpse of extraterrestrial life was just around the corner. A week later, there’s the usual politics and pandemonium in the news: but no space aliens. I’m not surprised. I’m not disappointed, … Continue reading

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Silly Headlines and Space Aliens, Serious Science and UAPs 0 (0)

Monday, I wondered what I was going to write about this week. Then I read that scientists found methane and carbon dioxide in a not-really-Earth-like planet’s atmosphere — and saw a silly headline or two. Normally, that’d be more than … Continue reading

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NASA, UAPs, UFOs and a Bart Simpson Balloon 0 (0)

It’s been two and a half weeks since NASA’s “Public Meeting on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” aired on YouTube. Or is that streamed on YouTube? Never mind. The NASA panelists did not announce contact with an extraterrestrial diplomat, or admit that … Continue reading

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Super-Duper Super Earths and the Search for Life 0 (0)

This week, I’ll talk about Professor Ethan Siegel’s view that “the myth of the super-habitable super-Earth planet” is “a scientific catastrophe”, other non-catastrophes; and a problem with “super-Earths” as a label. Along the way I’ll look at science, news, headlines … Continue reading

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