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From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
6/23/19
'It sounded like a huge bomb': Queenslanders amazed as meteor lights up night sky
Hundreds of people across southern and central Queensland report seeing a spectacular meteor burning up in the atmosphere north of Brisbane last night.
Read more from ABC NewsFrom: Di (amina046)
6/27/19
Astronomers discover the source of unexplained cosmic radio burst
To discover the source of a one-off, mysterious space signal, an international team of astronomers utilized telescopes around the world. CSIRO/Dr. Andrew Howells Astronomers keep hearing unexplained, incredibly powerful signals from the far reaches of space -- signals that come through loud and clear for a thousandth of a second and then mysteriously disappear. First discovered in 2007, "these...
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7/15/19
The last lunar eclipse for the next two years will happen on Wednesday morning
As the moon landing anniversary approaches, the Moon, Earth and Sun are lining up for their own party in the sky this week.
Read more from ABC NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
8/30/19
An astrophysicist explains string theory in language you might just understand
Over the last century, we've ripped atoms apart, revealing smaller and smaller pieces, eventually finding electrons and quarks, the fundamental building blocks of stuff. But are they really fundamental? Not according to string theory, as astrophysicist Geraint Lewis explains.
Read more from ABC NewsFrom: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
9/13/19
Water has been detected on potentially habitable planet, but it's no Earth 2.0
An alien super-world 110 light years away from us is the first outside our solar system to have conditions that are potentially suitable to host life, astronomers say.
Read more from ABC NewsFrom: BerrySteph
9/13/19
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said:An alien super-world 110 light years away from us is the first outside our solar system to have conditions that are potentially suitable to host life, astronomers say.
It is quite exciting.
But we've still never discovered an extra-terrestial signal ... which still rather implies that we're all alone.
And very likely just about to blow ourselves up. If Trump gets his way.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
9/14/19
I don't think we're alone.
But in order for life to have enough of a chance to evolve to the state we have, then it must be in a quiet neighbourhood.
I think the universe may have developed in this way to ensure intelligent life never encounters any other.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
9/14/19
This one number has led to a crisis in cosmology
Astrophysicists are trying to tackle discrepancies in one of the most fundamental and controversial numbers in physics.
Read more from ABC NewsFrom: BerrySteph
9/14/19
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said: I don't think we're alone.
I'm thinking we may be alone - SETI has never found extra-terrestrial communications and there appears to be no national interest in it. Not even at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough_Listen
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said: ... in order for life to have enough of a chance to evolve to the state we have, then it must be in a quiet neighbourhood.
I think its very possible that life develops quite easily - but it never arrives at our kind of complexity because the conditions have never, ever been right for it - great stability but just enough chaos to force development.
Jenifer (Zarknorph) said: ... I think the universe may have developed in this way to ensure intelligent life never encounters any other.
Hmmm. Intelligent life will only fill the universe if we manage to seed it ... makes some sense.
From: Jenifer (Zarknorph)
9/15/19
BerrySteph said:I think its very possible that life develops quite easily - but it never arrives at our kind of complexity because the conditions have never, ever been right for it - great stability but just enough chaos to force development.
Life is very tough, yes.
But our solar system is in the boondocks of one of the spiral arms. However our entire system revolves around that arm and every 50 million years we head into a more populated area.
Coincidentally, every 50 million years sees a mass extinction on Earth.
Also, every million years sees our system influenced by gravitational pulls from fly-by stars that tug at objects in the Ort cloud and slingshot them in towards our sun.
Last one was about... one million years ago.