Tag: astronomy
Remembering the First Manned Moon Landing at 50; What Does the Future Hold?
I remember watching the Apollo moon landings on TV from 1969 to 1972 as a child.
‘Oumuamua Revisited: Prospect of Intelligent Aliens Puts Materialists in a Pickle
A mysterious oblong object, ‘Oumuamua, was observed a couple of years ago, transiting across the Solar System.
The Empty Heavens — Two Ways to Look at It
Adam Kirsch over the weekend had a thoughtful essay in the Wall Street Journal, meditating on the coming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Richards, Gonzalez: Privileged Planet Evidence Mounts
The bias in favor of science, you might say, tells you something about the mind behind the cosmic design.
Gonzalez: “Worlds Like This Are Hard to Come By”
How special the Earth is has become ever more apparent, in ways that allow life to flourish, but more than that.