Why Detecting 'Jurassic Worlds’ May Reveal Alien Life
Exopsychology, the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence--reports Eric Haseltine for Psychology Today. "Stepping outside ourselves to imagine the unimaginable. The challenge is analogous to trying to imagine a color you’ve never seen before.
Detecting alien life might be easier if we hunt for 'Jurassic worlds.' Here's why, reports Sharmila Kuthunur for Space.com--"If they're out there, this analysis lets us figure out where they could be living."
Astronomers Spot the Oldest Black Hole Ever Seen, Shedding Light on the Early Universe-- "The cosmic structure is so old that if the 13.8-billion-year history of the universe were squeezed into one calendar year, it would date to just the second week of January. This black hole is also huge—somewhere between 10 million and 100 million times more massive than our solar system’s sun,” reports Will Sullivan.
The Moon-Forming Impact and the Autotrophic Origin of Life, reports Keith Cowing for Astrobiology. "In autotrophic theories for origins, life started from CO2. The Moon-forming impact supplied pure CO2 as the primordial biogenic substrate. "
The origin of the first Black Holes remains a mystery--But Observations of quasars reveal that many supermassive black holes (BHs) were in place less than 700 Myr after the Big Bang, reports Nature Astronomy.
Evidence for 'Planet 9' may actually show our theory of gravity is incomplete, reports Robert Lea published for Space.com--Could data pointing toward a mysterious planet at the edge of the solar system actually suggest it's time to revisit our theory of gravity?
Why Elon Musk wants to see evidence of alien life, reports The Street--"To Musk this lack of evidence suggests that humanity might be 'the only consciousness at least in the galaxy,' something that he said n July indicates just how rare life and consciousness are."
Late Qualcomm cofounder teleports $200M into SETI to bankroll hunt for alien life--Alien seekers at the SETI Institute have received an organizationally life-altering $200 million (£164 million) bequest from late Qualcomm cofounder Franklin Antonio, the institute confirmed Wednesday.
Curated by The Galaxy Report editorial staff