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An exotic exoplanet we might want to view up close through a telescope but not visit

At Phys.org: One particularly interesting substance the team found is a gas containing titanium: titanium oxide. While titanium oxide is very scarce on Earth, it could play an important role in the atmosphere of WASP-189b. Read More ›

At Mind Matters News: Exoplanets: The same laws of physics means similar life forms

Even on Earth, life forms of widely differing ancestry, arrive at the same solutions to physics problems, leading scientists note. On Simon Conway Morris's view, life forms that fly on exoplanets will do what birds, bats, and insects do here, they say. Intelligent species may even look roughly like us. Read More ›

Here’s more on Canceled prof Dorian Abbot’s talk on climate and exoplanets — Thursday

Abbot: "Whether a planet could be habitable is determined primarily by the planet's climate. This lecture will address insights we've gained from studying Earth's climate and how those have been used to make predictions about which exoplanets might be habitable, and how astronomical observations indicate the possibility of new climatic regimes not found on modern Earth…" [The Woke are, of course, welcome to scream, assault passersby, and torch cars and buildings in the comfort of their own Zoom meeting at the same time.] Read More ›

Theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser: The “Copernican Principle” isn’t science…

We’ve only begun to point huge telescopes at exoplanets. There are too many unknowns to be sure of our status, he thinks. Read More ›

Expert in exoplanets gets the better of Outrage, Inc.

One thing that’s coming out of all these stories is that those who do NOT cower and mumble abject apologies to the gleefully unlettered tend to do better. Mobs have only the authority they seize from cowards. And who wants to defend an abject coward? He’ll sell you out too. A person who takes a stand can be defended. Read More ›

Is there a law of evolution? Can it predict what aliens would be like?

Kershenbaum wipes out, unfortunately, when he tries to claim that human culture is genetically based. Read More ›

Researchers: We might find extraterrestrial life in 5 to 10 years

Researchers: The new James Webb Space Telescope, which launches in October, “could feasibly detect ammonia around six gas dwarf planets after just a few orbits” Read More ›

“‘Oumuamua is a spacecraft!” astronomer has come up with a SENSIBLE idea: Search the Moon

Avi Loeb has come up with a very reasonable idea for searching for evidence of other civilizations in our galaxy: Look for alien debris on our still, lifeless, atmosphere-free Moon. Read More ›

One theory about why we don’t see extraterrestrials provides support for Earth as a privileged planet

If intelligent life forms are trapped in the interior oceans of rocky moons and planets, Earth is a special planet—much better suited to space exploration. Read More ›