Archive for the ‘alien life’ category: Page 57
Jun 1, 2022
Study: There May Be as Many as Four Evil Civilizations in Our Galaxy
Posted by Quinn Sena in category: alien life
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In a strange new paper, one researcher calculates that there are four âmaliciousâ alien civilizations in the Milky Way alone.
May 26, 2022
The Perseverance Rover of NASA captured a flying object on Mars
Posted by Melvin Louis in categories: alien life, robotics/AI, transportation
Is this true?
The Perseverance rover has been on Mars for two weeks and has now spun its wheels and began its maiden trek over the red planetâs surface. According to new images transmitted to Earth by the one-ton robot on Friday, the voyage was a quick one.
Engineers have worked tirelessly to get the vehicle and its numerous equipment up and operating, including instruments and a robotic arm. Perseveranceâs mission is to look for indications of alien life in the Jezero crater, which is located near the equator. This will take roughly 15 kilometers throughout the following Martian year (approximately two Earth years).
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May 24, 2022
NASAâs Psyche Spacecraft Arrives at Kennedy Space Center
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: alien life, chemistry, evolution
For the past fifty years of space exploration, mass spectrometry has provided unique chemical and physical insights on the characteristics of other planetary bodies in the Solar System. A variety of mass spectrometer types, including magnetic sector, quadrupole, time-of-flight, and ion trap, have and will continue to deepen our understanding of the formation and evolution of exploration targets like the surfaces and atmospheres of planets and their moons. An important impetus for the continuing exploration of Mars, Europa, Enceladus, Titan, and Venus involves assessing the habitability of solar system bodies and, ultimately, the search for lifeâa monumental effort that can be advanced by mass spectrometry. Modern flight-capable mass spectrometers, in combination with various sample processing, separation, and ionization techniques enable sensitive detection of chemical biosignatures.
May 24, 2022
Planetary Mass Spectrometry for Agnostic Life Detection in the Solar System
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: alien life, chemistry, evolution
Circa 2021
For the past fifty years of space exploration, mass spectrometry has provided unique chemical and physical insights on the characteristics of other planetary bodies in the Solar System. A variety of mass spectrometer types, including magnetic sector, quadrupole, time-of-flight, and ion trap, have and will continue to deepen our understanding of the formation and evolution of exploration targets like the surfaces and atmospheres of planets and their moons. An important impetus for the continuing exploration of Mars, Europa, Enceladus, Titan, and Venus involves assessing the habitability of solar system bodies and, ultimately, the search for lifeâa monumental effort that can be advanced by mass spectrometry. Modern flight-capable mass spectrometers, in combination with various sample processing, separation, and ionization techniques enable sensitive detection of chemical biosignatures. While our canonical knowledge of biosignatures is rooted in Terran-based examples, agnostic approaches in astrobiology can cast a wider net, to search for signs of life that may not be based on Terran-like biochemistry. Here, we delve into the search for extraterrestrial chemical and morphological biosignatures and examine several possible approaches to agnostic life detection using mass spectrometry. We discuss how future missions can help ensure that our search strategies are inclusive of unfamiliar life forms.
Biosignatures are the tantalizing chemical and physical imprints associated with life, and the possibility that life exists elsewhere beyond Earth drives us to search for these biosignatures on other planets and moons. The enterprise of space exploration, galvanized by the question of âAre we alone in the Universe?â, demands a stronger understanding of the diversity of biosignatures that life could express, thereby driving payload instruments on board astrobiology missions to offer broader and more advanced detection capabilities. In tandem with cutting-edge instrument platforms, research in data processing and data analysis on Earth-based (Terran) astrobiology analogs and on extraterrestrial materials also serves to increase the breadth of interpretations possible with mission data.
May 21, 2022
Space Renaissance Art & Science Festival â Berlin 7â9 July 2022
Posted by Adriano Autino in categories: alien life, government, habitats, policy, science
The Festival will take place, from 7 to 9 July 2022, at the Archenhold Observatory in Berlin (Germany).
You are welcome to join the Festival in presence, sizing an excellent opportunity to visit the historic Archenhold Observatory and the beautiful city of Berlin. However, the Festival will be an hybrid conference, therefore virtual attendees are welcome as well.
Register here for free: https://spacerenaissance.space/register-to-the-space-renaissâŠrlin-2022/
A detailed programme, and all the information â including logistics and hotels accommodations â are ** available on this page:**
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May 19, 2022
Surveying for Habitable Interstellar Star Systems
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: alien life, futurism
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May 17, 2022
Elon Musk warns life on Mars will be difficult!
Posted by Alberto Lao in categories: alien life, Elon Musk
May 15, 2022
Humanity Will Need to Survive About 400,000 Years if We Want any Chance of Hearing From an Alien Civilization
Posted by Dan Breeden in categories: alien life, existential risks
Can humanity last another 400,000 years? We might have to if we want to talk to another technological civilization.
If there are so many galaxies, stars, and planets, where are all the aliens, and why havenât we heard from them? Those are the simple questions at the heart of the Fermi Paradox. In a new paper, a pair of researchers ask the next obvious question: how long will we have to survive to hear from another alien civilization?
Their answer? 400,000 years.
May 12, 2022
China finds recent water flows on Mars, with big implications for alien life
Posted by Atanas Atanasov in category: alien life
Chinaâs Zhurong rover found geologically recent water on Mars, billions of years after it should have been gone.