Dan Brandon
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Apr 01
11 of the Weirdest Solutions to the Fermi Paradox
I think this is a good read, if you like strange theories Most people take it for granted that we have yet to make contact with an extraterrestrial civilization. Trouble is, the numbers don’t add up. Our Galaxy is so old that every corner of it should have been visited many, many times over by …
Mar 29
Hunting Massive Stars with Herschel
Image credit: ESA/PACS & SPIRE consortia, A. Rivera-Ingraham & P.G. Martin, Univ. Toronto, HOBYS Key Programme (F. Motte) In this new view of a vast star-forming cloud called W3, the Herschel space observatory tells the story of how massive stars are born. Herschel is a European Space Agency mission with important NASA contributions. W3 …
Mar 28
Saturn is Like an Antiques Shop, Cassini Suggests
The Cassini spacecraft observes three of Saturn’s moons set against the darkened night side of the planet. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute A new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggests that Saturn’s moons and rings are gently worn vintage goods from around the time of our solar system’s birth. Though they are tinted …
