Earth
13/12/2016 - 12:35
So, if aliens out there were trying to find us, what would they be looking for, exactly? How could they tell if there was life on Earth?... →
08/12/2016 - 12:34
As a research astrophysicist, I can say without exaggeration that a day never goes by when I am not impressed by the amazing explanatory... →
03/09/2016 - 15:33
2. When and where do you think we will find extraterrestrial life?
“If there is abundant microbial life on Mars, I suspect that we will... →
27/08/2016 - 13:20
Like many exoplanets, Proxima b was observed indirectly, but convincingly, through its gravitational sway. As the planet orbits, it tugs... →
26/05/2016 - 16:23
There is no doubt that SETI – the search for extraterrestrial intelligence – has received a huge fillip from the recent discovery of... →
18/05/2016 - 13:19
1) A Particle Accelerator Disaster
By accidentally unleashing exotic forms of matter from particle accelerators, we run the risk of... →
18/04/2016 - 12:12
"It is not the number of people on the planet that is the issue – but the number of consumers and the scale and nature of their consumption... →
07/03/2016 - 13:46
Yet the actual story of Mars is weirder, grander, and in some ways more terrifying than any of the fictions that humans have spun. Although... →
22/10/2015 - 13:39
The researchers found that — while star formation has slowed down overall, and the Milky Way is running out of star-forming gas — most... →
10/04/2015 - 13:32
Insufficiently alien
The problem is that most of what became the Moon should have come from the imposter - and based on our existing... →
15/07/2013 - 14:33
Van Westeren said that taken at face value, the findings suggest that the moon was once part of the Earth that was blasted into space by an... →
07/07/2013 - 12:38
But I have bad news about pyjamas. Because I'm afraid your cotton pyjamas take 9,000 litres of water to produce. And it takes 100 litres of... →