Tag: astronomers
Fact Check: Did Scientists Really Detect Evidence of Life on Exoplanet K2-18b?
The molecule is dimethyl sulfide (DMS) or dimethyl disulfide (DMDS), and on Earth its sole known source is life (specifically, marine phytoplankton algae).
New Evidence that Supports the Privileged Planet Thesis
A newly revised, rewritten, and updated book refutes the materialistic assumptions of the Copernican principle.
Richards: The Most Earth-Like Planet Is Still … Mars
With the discovery of large numbers of exoplanets in the last twenty years, does Earth look as privileged as it once did?
How Tycho Brahe Set an Unhelpful Precedent for Scientists
Brahe, a 16th-century Danish astronomer, sat on his astronomical research for years, rather than sharing it with Kepler, his assistant.
When Einstein Met Lemaître
Einstein’s response shows the same unwillingness to change his position: he accepted the mathematics, but not a physically expanding universe.