Tag: Goldilocks Zone
The Tip of a Larger Iceberg
Our profound ignorance of what Lucretius termed the nature of things has been revealed by the work of Planck, Einstein, Bohr, and Heisenberg.
Finely Tuned Chemistry and ATP Synthase
Cellular life would be impossible if strong bonds weren’t just so for some cellular functions, and if weak bonds weren’t just so for others.
The Circumstellar Habitable Zone Just Shrank
New research suggests that the circumstellar habitable zone for terrestrial planets around stars is narrower than previously thought.
Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?
Today we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the solar eclipse that, on May 29, 1919, physicist Arthur Eddington observed, seeking to test the General Theory of Relativity.
When Evolving Life, Don’t Forget the Astrophysics
What happens down here depends a lot on what’s going on up there.