Dirk Schulze-Makuch – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:31:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 A New Take on the Fermi Paradox: Where are the Aliens? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/a-new-take-on-the-fermi-paradox-where-are-the-aliens https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/a-new-take-on-the-fermi-paradox-where-are-the-aliens#respond Wed, 24 Jan 2024 22:31:26 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/a-new-take-on-the-fermi-paradox-where-are-the-aliens

Life in the universe: everywhere or nowhere?

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]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/a-new-take-on-the-fermi-paradox-where-are-the-aliens/feed 0 Using AI to Search for Extraterrestrial Life https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/using-ai-to-search-for-extraterrestrial-life https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/using-ai-to-search-for-extraterrestrial-life#respond Fri, 27 Oct 2023 19:22:44 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/using-ai-to-search-for-extraterrestrial-life

Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Search for Extraterrestrial Life on Mars and other Planets and Moons.

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]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/using-ai-to-search-for-extraterrestrial-life/feed 0 How to Prove an Alien is Alien? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/how-to-prove-an-alien-is-alien https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/how-to-prove-an-alien-is-alien#respond Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:30:10 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/how-to-prove-an-alien-is-alien

How to prove an alien is alien: every astrobiologist wants to find an alien. But the public should be skeptical when the “aliens” look like tiny humans… and aliens would most likely not have DNA, but some other way to transfer information.

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]]> https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/10/how-to-prove-an-alien-is-alien/feed 0 Detecting a “Living Pulse” in Microbes is a First Step Toward Discovering a Universal Biosignature https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/08/detecting-a-living-pulse-in-microbes-is-a-first-step-toward-discovering-a-universal-biosignature Tue, 29 Aug 2023 18:23:48 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/08/detecting-a-living-pulse-in-microbes-is-a-first-step-toward-discovering-a-universal-biosignature

Animals have a living pulse. Do microbes have something like that as well? If so, it could be a universal biosignature for detecting extraterrestrial life and be useful for many other applications. For more see:

When can we call something alive? This question is more difficult than you may think and has far-reaching practical implications.

]]> Could Life Use Magnetic Fields as an Energy Source? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/07/could-life-use-magnetic-fields-as-an-energy-source Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:24:52 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/07/could-life-use-magnetic-fields-as-an-energy-source

Could #Life as We Don´t Know it use #Magnetic #Energy to Make a Living? For more info, see blog on.

#astrobiology #space #ScienceTwitter #alien

And if so, how would this hypothetical life form function?

]]> We Might Have Accidentally Killed The Only Life We Ever Found on Mars Nearly 50 Years Ago https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/06/we-might-have-accidentally-killed-the-only-life-we-ever-found-on-mars-nearly-50-years-ago Wed, 28 Jun 2023 01:37:57 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/06/we-might-have-accidentally-killed-the-only-life-we-ever-found-on-mars-nearly-50-years-ago

We might have accidently killed life on Mars during the Viking experiments nearly 50 years ago.

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]]> A New Earth-Sized, Volcanic Planet is a Good Candidate for Harboring Life https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/06/a-new-earth-sized-volcanic-planet-is-a-good-candidate-for-harboring-life Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:25:32 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/06/a-new-earth-sized-volcanic-planet-is-a-good-candidate-for-harboring-life

The Discovery of a Volcanically Active Exoplanet. Perhaps a bit like Mustafar in Star Wars? For more info, see my blog at Big Think — with direct link at:

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]]> Is There a Planet Out There Even Better than Earth? https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/05/is-there-a-planet-out-there-even-better-than-earth Wed, 24 May 2023 16:28:32 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/05/is-there-a-planet-out-there-even-better-than-earth

Is there a planet out there even better than Earth, a superhabitable world? Or is there no place like Home? Posted on Big Think, direct link at https://www.searchforlifeintheuniverse.com/post/is-there-a-p…than-earth

]]> Humanity’s Long-Term Survival Requires Space Colonization https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/05/humanitys-long-term-survival-requires-space-colonization Tue, 23 May 2023 16:25:41 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/05/humanitys-long-term-survival-requires-space-colonization

Space Colonization is Required for the Long-Term Survival of Humanity, but it also has ethical Dimensions. Posted on BigThink, direct link at https://www.searchforlifeintheuniverse.com/post/humanity-s-l…lonization

]]> The Hunt for Life in the Alpha Centauri System https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/05/the-hunt-for-life-in-the-alpha-centauri-system Thu, 04 May 2023 18:27:38 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2023/05/the-hunt-for-life-in-the-alpha-centauri-system

Perhaps our best chance for nearby life in the Universe?

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