How to Talk to Aliens
Start by figuring out the patterns in their language, says SETI researcher John Elliott. If we ever make contact with an alien civilization, how will we understand what they’re saying? That’s the...
View ArticleMusical Explorations of the Messier Catalogue of Star Clusters and Nebulae
I have always been a musician with a passion for astronomy, and this sense of connection to stars, nebulae, and distant galaxies has often sparked my musical compositions. One of my most important...
View ArticleThe Search for Extraterrestrial Life, and Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Martin Annis, Ph.D. (Founder – American Science and Engineering) We have overlooked an important source of information in our search for life on Earth-like planets in the galactic Universe. There is...
View ArticleExtraterrestrial Anthropomorphism: Hollywood’s Sci-fi Revolution
Hollywood’s science fiction franchise has richly entertained us over many decades. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to Star Trek, Star Wars, and Avatar, science fiction films have kept us on the edge of our...
View ArticleThe Worlds of Isaac Asimov: Modeling Kalgash
Asimov (shown on the left from Marcio Kenobi) was born in Petrovichi, Russia with an official birthdate of Jan. 2, 1920 – although there is some confusion about the exact date. He moved to New York...
View ArticleHow the Earth Got its Water
Despite compelling evidence for water throughout our Milky Way Galaxy and within our local Solar System, the specific origin of water on Earth remains controversial. We know that the Earth formed some...
View ArticleProfiles in Astronomy and Related Sciences
1. What is your full name (first, middle, last), William Howard Waller your most published name, William H. Waller and your nickname? Bill 2. When were you born? (day, month, year) 26, November, 1952...
View ArticleProfiles in Astronomy and Related Sciences
1. What is your full name (first, middle, last), Jayant Murthy your most published name, Jayant Murthy and your nickname? 2. When were you born? (day, month, year) 01/09/1961 3. Where were you born?...
View ArticleProfiles in Astronomy and Related Sciences
BUILD YOUR PROFILE FOR POSTERITY Your responses to the following 8 questions will help readers search by name, geographic region, time period, and other considerations. 1. What is your full name...
View ArticleProfiles in Astronomy and Related Sciences
PROFILES IN ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SCIENCES Your responses to the following 8 questions will help readers search by name, geographic region, time period, and other considerations. 1. What is your full...
View ArticleThe Multi-armed Milky Way
Revealing the two-armed spiral Jun 8, 2015 According to recent popular science articles, there has been something of a revival of the traditional idea that our Milky Way is a 4-armed spiral galaxy, as...
View ArticleCollected Dispatches from the International Astronomical Union’s 29th General...
Hawaii is special to astronomers, as its highest mountains play host to the most important optical and infrared telescopes in the northern hemisphere. These volcanic summits are also sacred to native...
View ArticleAnother Giant Leap for Mankind!
New Horizons finishes the job of tagging all the bases When Voyager 1 was launched into deep space in 1977, many human eyes and aspirations were set on exploring places well beyond the farthest...
View ArticleMission to Mars
NASA has a plan to send people to Mars. This will be a great accomplishment, since the only other planetary object that humans have walked on was our closest neighbor; the Moon. Besides exploring the...
View ArticleWhy We Explore Earth and Space
Eleanor Roosevelt once said that the “future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” So today, I want to take this moment to thank the organizers, the Marchers, the families, and...
View ArticleLucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional – and What That Means for Life in the...
Lucky Planet: Why Earth is Exceptional – and What That Means for Life in the Universe David Waltham, Icon Books, 2014, 198 pages David Waltham is an astrobiologist and geophysicist in the Department...
View ArticlePlanetary Perspectives on Terrestrial Climate Change
by William H. Waller – August 2017 In the Solar System, the poster child for excess warming by greenhouse gases is Venus. This twin of Earth in terms of size and mass orbits 30 percent closer to the...
View ArticleA Day at Wadi Elhitan
“The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.” ― Carl Sagan, Cosmos...
View ArticleBook Review: The Georgian Star, by Michael D. Lemonick
How did William and Caroline Herschel revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos? This is the question that the book The Georgian Star1 sought to answer. The author of this book is Michael D....
View ArticleThe Glass Universe
Dava Sobel is a contemporary author of scientific novels, including Longitude, Galileo’sDaughter, and ThePlanets. These books focus on the astronomical sciences, to which Sobel appears to be most...
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