#astrobiology
# astrobiology
Just because a planet was ejected from its solar system doesn't mean its oceans can't stay liquid long enough to host some basic life.
# astrobiology
Communication is difficult. Especially with alien beings that evolved tens of light years away and may have no idea we're even trying to communicate.
# astrobiology
The odds of downloading an evil alien artificial intelligence and enabling it to take over our machinery are pretty much zero to none.
# astrobiology
Is oxygen in the air a necessity for an alien civilization to develop?
# astrobiology
NASA claimed one of its researchers found alien biochemistry on Earth. Unfortunately, the paper they published doesn't support the hype.
# astrobiology
Futurist blogger created an aspirational list of rules by which we should interact with any aliens we might encounter. Emphasis on the aspirational part...
# science
Ragbir Bhathal responds to Weird Things to set the record straight: the story about his detection of laser signals from Gliese 581g are pure fiction.
# astrobiology
Astronomer Ragbir Bhathal supposedly claims he received a signal from Gliese 581g, but the story behind the claims doesn't seem to make much sense.
# space
Ads for extrasolar attractions and preemptively naming cities on an alien world are all well and good. But what will it take to really start colonizing a distant planet?
# astrobiology
Retired military officers claim that aliens are visiting Earth to discourage us from using nuclear weapons on each other. But how would aliens know if we have nukes?
# space
We think Gliese 581g might have liquid water on its surface. How do we check if it really does?
# astrobiology
It's not completely impossible that you could have some alien DNA. But the odds are literally astronomical.
# astrobiology
SETI is thinking about how to detect and talk to alien computers instead of just alien beings. And that's a lot harder than it sounds.
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Ancient astronaut theory is basically creationism for people who don't believe in the supernatural, as Lloyd Pye demonstrates.
# astrobiology
Another entry in the quickly growing HuffPo library of woo shows that all creationism is basically the same in the end.
