Elon Musk has long held a controversial idea to make Mars habitable. Nuke Mars. Musk believes that nuking the caps of Mars will release the carbon dioxide into the air needed to form an atmosphere on the red planet. In the SpaceX online store, you can even buy shirts that say Nuke Mars. Jeff Foust,…
By Andrew Follett Scientists located enormous amounts of organic alcohol in the vast disks around stars where planets form, according to research published Wednesday by European Union scientists from sixteen countries. The scientists found enormous imprints of gaseous methyl alcohol, or methanol for the first time in an enviroment that will form planets. Methanol, a derivative of methane, is…
By Andrew Follett A team of astronomers from the University of Liège in Belgium found three potentially inhabitable planets relatively close to Earth, according to a study published online Monday. Three planets are in orbit around a star known as TRAPPIST-1. They’re “currently the best place to search for life beyond the solar system,” according to the study. This…
By Andrew Follett Technologically advanced alien civilizations almost certainly exist, according to a new study by astronomers published Friday. The study used the most recent discoveries of planets outside the solar system to estimate the likelihood that other technologically advanced civilizations exist. The study estimates that the odds of humanity being the only civilization in the…
Micah J. Fleck Rap artist BoB has taken to Twitter to claim that the Earth is not only flat, but that the Freemasons might somehow be involved in the treachery of pulling the wool over our eyes about this the whole time. Someone should time travel and inform the Ancient Greeks of this. According…
A new report suggests there may indeed by a ninth planet in our solar system– but it isn’t Pluto. The New York Times reports: Two astronomers reported on Wednesday that they had compelling signs of something bigger and farther away — something that would definitely satisfy the current definition of a planet, where Pluto falls short….