Every day, astonishing new discoveries, advances and lines of thought occur in the field of astrobiology - the science of extraterrestrial or alien life. Because the field is so new and draws upon a diverse array of sciences, a "clearinghouse" is needed, especially for the layman. This blog attempts to serve that need. I'll update daily, providing commentary on, links to the latest mainstream news articles and notes on upcoming television broadcasts for most of the following areas, which loosely follow the famous Drake equation:
g Stars - Cosmology and astronomy that affect our understanding of alien life
g Abodes - Geology and Earth climate that helps us grasp how life comes to be and the environments in which it may evolve
g Life - Biology, especially the evolution of life, as well as chemistry and other sciences that advance our understanding of how life exists on Earth
g Intelligence - Our understanding of how homo sapiens and, more generally, intelligence evolves
g Message - Our attempts to communicate with our other intelligences
g Cosmicus - Humanity's climb to the status of a space-faring civilization
g Learning - Science education, for humanity's future and astrobiology's success depends upon a science literate youth and public
g Imagining - Musings on the possibilities of science fiction aliens
g Aftermath - The latest speculations of what will happen after humanity and aliens make contact
This blog hopefully will appeal to a variety of interests, from teachers and parents wishing to interest children in science to science fiction writers conducting background research, from college science majors trying to keep up on the latest advances in specific fields that astrobiology draws upon to the amateur astronomy buff interested in the night sky.
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The Drake Equation
This formula estimates the number of intelligent civilizations in our galaxy.N=(R*)(Ns)(Fp)(Ne)(Fl)(Fi)(Fc)(L)
Where:- N = Number of civilizations we can communicate with
- R* = Average star formation rate
- Ns = Percentage of stars capable of supporting earth-like planets
- Fp = Percentage of those stars with planets
- Ne = Average umber of planets in those stars' habitable zones
- Fl = Percentage of those planets where life begins
- Fi = Percentage of planets with life where an intelligent species evolves
- Fc = Percentage of those intelligent species that develop communication technology
- L = Average lifetime, in years, of a civilization that develops such technology
About Me
- Rob Bignell
- I'm the owner and chief editor at Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the editing and proofreading needs of writers both new and published. For more than two decades, I worked as an award-winning journalist, with half of those years spent as an editor. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres have been published, and I am the author of the nonfiction “Hikes with Tykes” series, a novel "Windmill", and a collection of poetry, "Love Letters to Sophie's Mom". For seven years I worked as an English teacher or a community college journalism instructor. I hold a master's degree in English and a bachelor's in journalism and English.
1 comment:
Hey Rob, this is pretty cool! I'll check in often for updates. Keep up the good work. I sent a link to my Buddy who is the MUFON-LA tech administrator.
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