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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Definition of Universe requires clarification, to enable discussion.As suspected, there are "experts" with contrarian views on dark energy. There are likely a number who don't buy into it, but here at...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Definition of Universe requires clarification, to enable discussion.Quarks are only "observed" by indirect evidence, so it seems that DM and DE are part of the observable universe, assuming all the data...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.Perhaps you should re-read the article. There is no cycling of energy. It is a one way street to Cl- and O2.
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.This is not implied in the least - it is not an energy cycle.
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.Since the distance to these 6 Earth-sized exoplanets is known, as well as all the other exoplanets, is there a guess as the the number...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.One problem with contaminated water on Mars is already present, it would seem. NASA presents an interesting outlook on how to deal...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.Clearly sub-surface life on Mars is the only reasonable place to consider at this time. Just read a story on the potential for brine...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds."Life on Earth" is indeed a "small box", but only because no other rational means have been even remotely presented for any other route...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.Having a Ph.D. in biochemistry has put me in a small box. It is called life on Earth. Most biochemists are in the same box. We just...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.While this is true, the compounds produced are highly variable and not suitable for many other life forms. With glucose, you have a...
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We have got some probes coming up for the outer systems. And of course they are excited about finding life. They won’t. And I don’t... -
Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.I agree that they won't find any life forms in those cold and darker regions. It seems unlikely that any of those moons would have...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds.
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?.We will have to wait and see what the VERITAS mission tells us. It should provide a better notion of the composition of surface...
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Ccontrarian replied to the thread Did Venus ever have oceans to support life, or was it 'born hot'?.A number of space probes have indicated the presence of granite in the mountains of Venus. Since granite can only form in the presence...
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