June 2022
Space activities and space debris - finding an ethical balance
...which is now also posing a serious threat to future life on Earth and, in the view of the author, is rapidly ...it ethical to interact with a pristine foreign environment to improve life on Earth? To have ‘a second chance’? Nonetheless, it might be ...
May 2021
Forecasting space-weather effects on Earth
... ‘space weather’, as coined in the late twentieth century, generally refers to conditions in space, especially in near-Earth space, that affect life on Earth and the technology created by humans. It all starts with our local star, the Sun, where...
November 2018
Purpose, promise and power – video from space
... by its VividX2 prototype satellite. The videos of life on Earth included moving traffic in Buenos Aires, Argentina, aeroplanes... of free high to medium resolution data every day Earth-i plans to operate the world’s first commercial constellation...
25 February 2019
Scientists create DNA-like molecule to aid search for alien life
...instrument design and mission concepts will result in a more inclusive and, therefore, more effective search for life beyond Earth,” said Mary Voytek, senior scientist for Astrobiology at NASA Headquarters. The research is a major contribution in its...
06 March 2020
Life in the Universe could be common, but not near us says study
...this planet and it can do so in some of the most inhospitable places on Earth. Despite the plethora of life on Earth, when it comes to studying the origins of life everywhere, scientists are restricted to the specific conditions we find on our planet...
26 June 2020
Giant ‘Exotica’ catalogue boosts search for alien life
... shared it with the astronomical community in the hope that it can guide future surveys - whether studying life beyond Earth or natural astrophysics - and serve as a general reference work for the field. Breakthrough Listen is a scientific programme...
