Welcome! “Alien Life” tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Today’s news:
g Stars - Giant galaxies weren't assembled in a day. Neither was this Hubble Space Telescope image of the face-on Pinwheel Galaxy. The image is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy ever released from Hubble. See article.
g Abodes - Could Saturn’s tiny moon Enceladus have liquid water right below the icy surface? A new paper in the journal Science argues for the presence of such a reservoir, saying it is the most likely source for the plumes of particles ejected from the moon’s south pole. See article. For related story, see “Enceladus the storyteller”.
g Life - A few months after researchers on one team thought they had discovered a new family of rodent, another group snatched their glory by identifying the critter as a member of a family thought long extinct. See article.
g Intelligence - Forget about opposites attracting. We like people who look like us, because they tend to have personalities similar to our own. And, a new study suggests, the longer we are with someone, the more those similarities grow. See article. For related story, see “Facial Characteristics Indicative Of Personality Traits, Say Experts”.
g Cosmicus - Get to know MRO — Top 10 facts about NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. For related story, see “New manager for Mars rovers in challenging time”.
g Imagining - Like first contact stories? Then be sure to read Anne McCaffrey’s novel “Decision at Doona,” published by Del Rey in 1969.
g Aftermath - Among scientists involved in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, it’s quite common to be focused on the future, ever mindful that it could take years, or even decades, to find a signal from otherworldly intelligence. But if historian Steve Dick has his way, astronomers will also turn their attention toward the past as they search for life beyond Earth — to discover the aftereffects of contact between two intelligent cultures. See article. Note: This article is from 2003.
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