Recent content by Patrick fenex

That could very well be our first emissary from the stars

It would be a potentially horrific scenario if a ' Vger' like encounter were to occur. Without sentience, you have no self awareness, no compassion, no humanity.

Obviously, human being's cannot travel to the stars aboard a generational starship. If in the future, it becomes possible to literally transplant a human brain into an Android body, the possibilities could be limitless.

Plus, we'd have to be an advanced Kardashev level two society. Possibly a thousand years from now.

My main motivation was to have more than one habitable world in our solar system at the same time. Give the Earth's biosphere a break until we can heal her

The very first exoplanets discovered were orbiting a 'Neutron Star'. So far, no agreed upon method of planetary formation has been accepted. I'm partial to the idea of 'Chthonian' planets. Hypothetical gas giants, whose outer envelopes are stripped away from some nearby cataclysm. A supernova...

If we were certain that a KBO was on a collision course with earth, and we knew that it was indeed a comet, then if we could somehow heat the comets interior, we might be able to cause a large premature out gassing event. The further away the better. If successful, and if the object was still in...

Unfortunately, we don't have inspired, international cooperation either. We're also running out of time. Our population is fast approaching 8 billion. 100 years from now, unless we learn very quickly how to terraform our own planet, starting with an inventive process with which to "aquaform"...

If you could discover somewhere, amongst the vast collection of hieroglyphics that must be strewn about, how incredible it would be. To claim that it would be the most important archeological discovery of all time, would be the 'poster child' understatement of all time.

I wonder, is there any evidence that their analysis was based on their own interpretation of spectroscopy?

Something like that could have easily, influenced the trajectory of oumuamu and 2i Korisov if the gravity well extended far enough. The reason I mentioned oumuamua, 2i Korisov, and mega comet, now is if this thing was in between the Oort cloud in the Kuiper belt that would explain a great deal...

Thanks cat! This is obvious how little I knew. I knew that the C.N.O. cycle was reserved for massive stars. What I didn't know, was how powerful an influence it had on the evolution of massive stars with respect to the expediency of how quickly massive stars not only leave the main sequence, but...

Absolutely, especially, the Apollo lunar landings. I had the revel and, the monogram plastic models. As an 11 year old when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, I remember how challenging putting those models together correctly! I also remember Mcdonald s having a cardboard (assembly required), lunar...

Absolutely, especially, during the Apollo lunar landings. I had the revel and, the monogram plastic models. As an 11 year old when Apollo 11 landed on the moon, I remember how challenging putting those models together correctly! I also remember Mcdonald's having a (assembly required), cardboard...

Is it possible to determine, through gravity wave analysis alone if the stellar remnant is a neutron star or a black hole?