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Life beyond EaRTH
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What exactly is “life”? Astrobiologists still have more questions than answers
Our Earthbound definitions of life could leave us blind to the Universe’s strangest forms.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
6 days ago1 min read
New Telescope to Probe for Alien Technosignatures
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jun 141 min read
When And Where Did Life Really Begin?
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 51 min read
The Dark Side of Alien Contact
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Oct 31, 20241 min read
Extreme Dormancy as a Way to Survive on Earth and (Possibly) on Alien Planets
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jul 1, 20241 min read
Why The "Goldilocks" Zone of Habitable Planets is Outdated When Searching for Life
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
May 17, 20241 min read
Should We Send Messages to Aliens?
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Apr 14, 20241 min read
How to get Mars Exploration Back on Track
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 12, 20241 min read
A New Take on the Fermi Paradox: Where are the Aliens?
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 24, 20241 min read
Using AI to Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Posted on BigThink.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Oct 27, 20231 min read
How to Prove an Alien is Alien?
Posted on BigThink.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Oct 8, 20231 min read
Could Life Use Magnetic Fields as an Energy Source?
And if so, how would this hypothetical life form function?
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jul 12, 20235 min read
A New Earth-Sized, Volcanic Planet is a Good Candidate for Harboring Life
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jun 9, 20231 min read
The Hunt for Life in the Alpha Centauri System
Posted on BigThink.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
May 4, 20231 min read
Why Aliens are Likely to be AI
Posted on BigThink.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Apr 21, 20231 min read
Is There Life on the Icy Moons of our Solar System?
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Feb 13, 20231 min read
A New Hope for Solving the Fermi Paradox?
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 20, 20231 min read
Io, an Overlooked Target for Astrobiology
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Jan 13, 20231 min read
How to Make Alien Life Come Out of Hiding.
Posted on BigThink.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Dec 15, 20221 min read
Were Organic Molecules on Mars Made by Life?
Posted on Big Think.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
Oct 26, 20221 min read
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