Tag: The Privileged Planet
Rare Earth: How Vital Minerals “Evolve”
It’s intriguing that life as we know it depends on a seemingly un-natural distribution of minerals.
Prior Fitness for Life: The Problem of Boron
The atomic element boron is essential for life, but how do you get it from stars to plants and animals?
Guillermo Gonzalez on What’s Changed Since The Privileged Planet?
One big change they note: the number of exo-planets discovered has exploded, from 200 or so to several thousand.
Bijan Nemati: What the James Webb Telescope May Discover
These glimpses may confirm our most current ideas of early cosmic history and galaxy formation, or turn them on their head.
A Webb Telescope Tour with Space Telescope Expert Bijan Nemati
The NASA telescope has been successfully launched into space and has reached its destination, known as the Lagrange Point 2.