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Skip to content It seems that all too frequently we read another exciting announcement that an extrasolar planet has been detected, one that is in...
Skip to content Two weeks ago, I introduced my blog by describing my issue with how each of the Star Wars movies references civilizations in “a ga...
Skip to content The solar system’s youth was a busy one—full of fine-tuned activity. In the previous five parts of this series I’ve described seve...
Skip to content In Star Wars: A New Hope Princess Leia utters the famous plea, “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.” Carl Sagan, in a sh...
Skip to content New research raise questions about the identity of Homo floresiensis, or does it? Anyone who has read or seen the Lord of the Ring...
Skip to content Years ago, in a paper published in the Astrophysical Journal, theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss referred to dark energy as pre...
Skip to content It’s an iconic scene from Star Wars. Luke Skywalker’s family just acquired two droids with knowledge of the rebellion. While clean...
Skip to content How can scientists use violent stellar explosions occurring outside the Milky Way Galaxy to determine the characteristics of the u...
Skip to content The first discovered extrasolar planet was found in 1995, orbiting the nearby star 51 Pegasi.1 This finding persuaded many astrono...
Skip to content Among all species, humans are unique in that we, as individuals, take an exceptionally long time to develop physically and mentall...
