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SETI tests new alien-hunting strategy, but TRAPPIST-1 planets remain silent
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We need radio telescopes at opposite ends of the Solar System, kept in place by optical means, the angular resolution would be incredible.
Tuesday at 5:25 PM
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But the use of arrays (interferometry) really helps.
Tuesday at 5:03 PM
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This is really no surprise, given the U.S. national debt of $34 trillion and rising fast. Just the interest payments on that debt...
Tuesday at 1:16 PM
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And we are close to having far better equipment in finding those signs, which will allow great focus for SETI on these exos.
Tuesday at 1:00 PM
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Planets from far away would first see that Earth had fluorocarbons in its atmosphere, thus would know intelligent life existed here...
Tuesday at 12:59 PM
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The Pluto problem: Is it time to rethink our definition of a planet?
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Using mass would be okay, perhaps, if it could be determined. Astronomers normally can’t determine mass but they can approximate...
Tuesday at 12:54 PM
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Yep. The first use of a laser for communication with someone (or object, IIRC) was in 2012. That laser is in my office. :) NASA soon...
Tuesday at 12:42 PM
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So the premise is that the folks in the Trappist system are either multi-planetary (more advanced than us, talking planet to planet), or...
Tuesday at 12:35 PM
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“Eight is enough.” Physics can step in and clarify the gray areas. Jean-Luc Margot produced a paper applying physics to orbit clearing...
Tuesday at 12:22 PM
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The Trappist system has an M8V type star as the host. Red dwarfs are known for temper tantrums (large flares, etc.). The HZ here is...
Oct 18, 2024
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Not when or where or how but why did the Big Bang happen.
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“Why?” is the main question asked in philosophy and religion. Science asks “how” questions. In earlier centuries science sought...
Oct 17, 2024
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Alumina is Al2O3 and its optical properties depend on which crystal structure it forms. One crystal structure is clear and forms...
Oct 17, 2024
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Pollution from rocket launches and burning satellites could cause the next environmental emergency
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Agreed. Isn’t aluminum oxide white, thus offering some greater reflection?
Oct 16, 2024
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Tonight's image with iPhone. I give my visual of it only a 60% chance that I saw it.
Oct 15, 2024
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Yes, skyglow is narrow, could easily be filtered out. Arequipa had 500,000 people but all streetlights were sodium vapor. Mercury...
Oct 15, 2024
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