January 2018
Shielding the human genome
... facing manned space missions beyond Earth. Could cosmic radiation’s check on the human dream to explore the solar system and beyond be overturned? Could a biological solution be found to this most basic of biological threats? To the members of the...
June 2018
Cosmic communications and the anthropology of outer space
...suitable for the development of intelligent life FP = The fraction of those stars with planetary systems NE = The number of planets, per solar system, with an environment suitable for life. FL = The fraction of suitable planets on which life actually...
October 2018
Looking for life on Enceladus with IceMole
... a small icy moon of Saturn, is currently seen as one of the prime candidates for hosting microbial life in the solar system as it appears to fulfill the basic requirements for it hosting life: a subglacial ocean in the liquid state that is in direct...
November 2018
How many people does it take to colonise an exoplanet?
...orbiting around a sun-like star beyond our own solar system: 51 Pegasi b. For the first time, speculation... visit it ourselves, or will we forever remain prisoners of our own solar system with its single life-bearing world? For those of us who want ...
July 2019
Settling the final frontier
... inhabitants from radiation. Speaking at the Smithsonian Institution in 2016, he said: “I wish there were a trillion humans in the solar system. Think how cool that would be. You’d have a thousand Einsteins at any given moment – and more. There...
April 2020
Evolutionary lessons for an interplanetary future
... we choose to remain confined to Earth or whether we develop long-term human settlements in space. People scattered across the solar system, much like the animals scattered across the Galapagos islands, could evolve into new types of humans...
