New Mystery: Seasonal variations of Oxygen on MARS
Measurements made by Curiosity of the MARS admosphere over the last 6 years reveals seasonal variations of Oxygen that can’t be explained.
cosmology
Is there Life on MARS?
Various media stories have popped up this week concerning a NASA Scientist who worked on the Viking Lander missions back in the 1970s. They report that he asserts that their life detection experiment designed to detect life on MARS was positive and that NASA has simply ignored those results. Examples of such stories include these … Read more Is there Life on MARS?
How many Earth Like planets are there?
On 14th Aug 2019, a new paper was published in The Astronomical Journal that addresses the question of the quantity of earth like planets. Titled “Occurrence Rates of Planets Orbiting FGK Stars: Combining Kepler DR25, Gaia DR2, and Bayesian Inference” it attempts to answer the question. The abstract explains it as follows: We characterize the occurrence rate of planets, … Read more How many Earth Like planets are there?
Flat-Earth vs Creationism
A Young-Earth creationist from Answers in Genesis has unintentially written a very articulate criticism of Young-Earth Creationism.
Do we live in a simulated universe?
The question is this – is all of reality, the earth, and the entire universe including you, part of a simulated universe? Elon Musk rather famously believes this to be true. To understand what he believes and why, permit me to quote from a Space article written about an interview with him that covered the … Read more Do we live in a simulated universe?
Inside the Black Hole Picture
Why are people getting excited about a very fuzzy picture, what exactly is this Black Hole picture showing us?